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How Does Counting Cards Help Gamblers?

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How Does Counting Cards Help Gamblers?

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Counting Cards: Why Gamblers Do It jQuery(document).ready(function(){ jQuery(‘#jsArticleStep1 span.image a:first’).attr(‘href’,’http://i.ehow.com/images/a04/b9/ul/counting-cards-help-gamblers-1.1-800X800.jpg’); }); One, Two, three…yep. 4 Aces. In the 1980s, a group of MIT mathematicians decided that they would use their numbers skills to increase their odds of winning in the card game “21”. By finding a way to keep track of which cards were already played and concocting a special code, the students were able to rake in several millions of dollars over a decade. Although they used a complex system of deception and timing, the essential tool the MIT students used was card counting. Card Counting Basics The basics of card counting are keeping track of what has been played and what is left in the deck. You would assign a specific number to a specific type of card that is played. The Hi-Lo system assigned a “+1” to cards 2 through 6. Tens and Face cards were “-1”. Everything else was coun

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