And despite popular belief, with enough practice, anyone can count cards in blackjack you don’t have to be a genius, and although it’s called 'counting cards,' you’re not memorizing which cards have been played.

While the dealer always has to follow a simple set of betting rules, the gambler is free to pursue the best strategy available. In this push-your-luck card game, you attempt to beat the dealer at getting as close to 21 points worth of cards. You just have to learn how to count cards.īlackjack, also called twenty-one, is one of the most popular casino games in the world. But between the rolling dice and spinning roulette wheels, there’s one game-if played with the right strategy-where the odds are actually in the gambler’s favor. In almost every game, the casino has a statistical advantage-so for every one gambler raking it in, there are more than enough people leaving with empty pockets to net an enormous profit.