This video walks you through our deviation chart showing you what do when you have a pair.
Deviation Chart – Pairs
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Section 6 - Beating Blackjack: Deviations
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- Section 1 – Card Counting Concepts
- Section 2 – Understand the Game
- Section 3 – The Importance of Rules
- Section 4 – Beating Blackjack: Basic Stategy
- Section 5 – Beating Blackjack: Card Counting
- Section 6 – Beating Blackjack: Deviations
- Section 7A – Beyond the Basics
- Section 7B – Beyond the Basics – General
- Section 8A – Advanced Blackjack – Cover and Team Play
- Section 8B – Advanced Blackjack Play – Casino Relations
- Section 9 – Advanced Blackjack – Beating the Game
Hey,
This videos are sweet, im 12 years old and im blowing the mind of my friends and family and now i really want to stick with this till im old enough to play black jack in Australia
. Theres a couple rules i dont understand one being, If it is “Hit 17″ or “Stand 17″ it means if u have 17 u HAVE to do what it says, right? I just wanted to be sure. Oh by the way, AMAZING Videos i understand it so much more now, cheers
Thanks,
Oscar,
“Hit 17″ means that the dealer Hits a soft 17. “Stand 17″ means the dealer stands on all 17′s, including Soft 17.
Hope that clears it up.
a question… if you don’t use the deviations, only use the basic strategy and hi-lo system, is it possible to beat the house? and… when hi-lo is +10 should you put lots of money in?
@Oscar.
So the the rule’s only aply to the dealer. not to you!!
Oscar,
Don’t want to ruin your dream, but if the game in AUS is hard 17, it really makes a very bad game to play.
And if I understand correctly, it is also 8 decks. So you winrate will be dramtically decreased!
Yeah, you don’t NEED to use deviations to win. You just have to play perfect basic strategy and have a winning bet strategy. Deviations will make you an extra 20-30%.
As far as HOW to bet, it’s not that simple. But there is some advice on the Forum for Premium members, and we also offer bankroll coaching for people who want to take blackjack seriously.
Hi Ben/Colin
Regarding the deviation number 6 if you have pair 10s and the dealer has a 4 upcard – what would happen if your true count is 7? would you just ignore it and play basic strategy?
And when converting to true count, do you then carry on with that count as your running counting? or do you have to keep the running count as well?
Many thanks,
Grant
Hey Grant-
1. As a blanket statement, anytime your actual true count is higher than the true count you need to deviate, you would do so. So in your example: 10,10 vs 4, any True count 6 and above, you would deviate and split those tens. So if your TC is 7,8,9 split it up. Your EV actually goes up on that hand the higher the True Count (above 6).
2. The Running count and the True Count are always kept separate. You will maintain your running count at all times. Ex: Running 12, 4 decks remaining = True 3. The next round you will continue with that running 12 and the recalculate the true count with a new “divisor” if you can see the decks remaining has changed (say down to 3.5 decks remaining). Rehearse this mantra in your head: RUNNING > DIVISOR > TRUE. What is my RUNNING Count, divide it by my DIVISOR to get my TRUE COUNT.