Gamblers Vs Card Counters

[@IdentityMemes]

This is probably one of the most satisfying videos to watch on this channel

[@chrisfinch8637]

The most satisfying and helpful videos you could ever see.

[@albinothug]

Yeah this is legit

[@90daydifference]

Why did I feel the exact same way

[@Cman250250]

i couldn’t stop. ok now sleeping

[@cheeseman673]

And its because of Colins lovely vest

[@tonneblack5168]

I liked that. There should have been a video window showing the discard tray so we could practice estimating the decks.

[@Savagemister]

good suggestion

[@Heffey02]

was thinking that myself

[@officialkiwimusic]

I just found this channel so I'm trying to just get the basic card counting down I'm not doing so well but it helps when he has the running count for the next round

[@CJGilbert]

This was absolutely a perfect video. I loved that We could play along to keep the count. Please make more of these. So much fun!

[@milehighgambler]

Makes training a lot easier. I was trying to count along too

[@caseyhoward9101]

As someone who is just learning the basically strategy, I liked being able to guess when the next move should be. I was going to try counting too but gave up early.

[@Bill-j2g]

​@@caseyhoward9101learn that basic strategy. Counting will only complicate your training at this point

[@huckleberryfinn8795]

Love how yall put the running count and decks remaining on the screen in between rounds. So I can verify my accuracy when conting along.

[@alexscott2614]

4:46 I lost it when she split on a 20 then manages to bust, she could’ve won that hand, crazy

[@briandraper7630]

You are only supposed to split tens if you are counting and the count is high, but she wasn’t counting so no way she should have done that lol

[@MarineAquariumNovice]

@@briandraper7630never supposed to split them vs a 10 though 😅

[@Jaych8866]

@@MarineAquariumNovice but what if the count is true +24

[@MarineAquariumNovice]

@@Jaych8866 I haven’t studied those advanced deviations but if thats the index… then send it!

[@northside314]

I very much liked this format. I've been with you for quite some time and this was very entertaining. Having the dynamics of different experience and playstyles was fun to watch without needing to be more concerned with my own hand and count.

[@Nico2718_]

This was so entertaining! I'm not necessarily asking for anything, but it would be nice if you make those type of videos every once in a while (like few times a year) 🙂 also, I was looking for a not that aggressive bet spread, I guess I already found a 1-6 one 😅 also, since I started learning basic strategy and counting about a month ago (I don't spend that much time training a day, like 15/20 minutes) I decided to try keeping the running count on my own from the 2nd hand (I got the idea after the 1st one): I messed up twice, which is obviously very bad, but at least it was right on the 2nd hand because I got distracted and another very chaotic one. But yeah, all of that too say that it was very entertaining and also super useful, this is the first time I'm actually able to see the speed of an IRL game (I know it can vary a lot, but still), great video! 💪

[@adamtank8819]

You can't beat the game with a 1-6 spread if the penetration is 1.5 decks. You need around a 1-20 spread (2 spots) to have good EV and a lower N0.

[@adamtank8819]

If it's a single or double deck then yeah for sure, but for 6 decks you need bigger spread

[@lqhym12700]

玩百➕乐吗

[@circleo1992]

You really should do more videos like this. Now that you might not have any more ideas of guides on how to play Blackjack, this is a good way to get videos out.

[@theentropykid]

This is one of the best vids you’ve done so far. Just getting into blackjack and all about your page. Please more real-time vids like this! Thank you 🙏

[@oreo2584]

Lol I’m sitting here eating breakfast frustrated at her moves

[@jorrdanna6219]

This was fun to watch, and it brought home how fast the game goes, and how quickly things change.

[@jorrdanna6219]

So I tried to count this today. I was off by 1 two separate times, and off by a lot (6,) in one hand when I forgot I was counting. I got distracted. Watching this again taught me a lot about what you were doing and when and why. I think I need to learn strategy now and keep practicing counting and see if i can do both at once. rofl.

[@jopetsugaming1953]

was off by 1 at some point, but couldnt remember or didnt know basic strategy on some occasions

[@user-vl6wp1qj3d]

I wish the dealers at a casino kept asking if we want them to deal another hand at the end of the shoe xD Nice video, good fun. If you do more, make sure to have the discard tray in the shot

[@luisalexander8492]

Fr I get a good count after hours then I see the discard card 😭

[@richardyoruw992]

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[@drugaddict931]

Grace is just placing random bets because she knows the moneys fake

[@dougnice67]

😂😂😂

[@Coyner4321]

I love this kind of content, I hope you guys continue to make more like it! Thank you! I do not count cards, I just enjoy playing basic strategy. Some day I'll learn to count, for me specifically it's just a lot to comprehend.

[@Shamy702]

The first 17 minutes was about how my sessions have been lol.. this was an awesome video guys!!!!! Love it

[@72guitarguy]

Colin I love your content BUT it would be cool to see this with a ploppy playing perfect basic strategy and not doing things like splitting 5s of the jump. I know the counters would likely still prevail but the ploppy could have a positive variance streak that would make it interesting. I just think it'd be a better comparison, anyways thanks again for the great content!

[@ericnstuff]

Could you make/are there more of these? This passively teaches a lot about the game and is relaxing af to watch.

[@icydeadpeeps]

Echoing the sentiment that this was a great format. I'd like to see this more frequently. Some suggestions for improvement: A better view of the deck/discard so we can play along with estimating true count. Also I like the periodic updates on running count but it could be a cool way to use the annotations or a special closed caption in the video so that the count is always available updated to the most recent hand.

[@Vagorim]

Remember guys, card counting does work you need a good bank roll, and you will lose hands but that’s where you need to place the appropriate bet. It’s all about generating positive EV and it’s a long term game. I won my last few sessions of blackjack but the time is just as much as a pro poker game. I play poker most of the time now. I every once in awhile play blackjack. But when I do I go with a solid bank roll and play strictly with counting. Lastly stay humble and stay focused no matter how fun it is if you lose the count please get off the table!!

[@JOEY22445]

More of these. It's fun to watch and to practice counting :)

[@Blackjackapprenticeship]

We're working on another one soon!

[@ZachWalz]

There should be more of these videos. Very useful!

[@Savagemister]

MORE OF THIS, PLEASE!

[@CovertLego]

Love when yall play, deal etc and let me count along and learn live.

[@leon17x37]

This was a great video thank you. I'm just starting to learn and this was cool to watch and practice in real time

[@Blackjackapprenticeship]

Glad it was helpful!

[@leon17x37]

Brilliant. Now how good do I need to be for the boot camp?

[@Momode1111]

@@leon17x37 as good as you can be, so you can get tested out while youre there

[@elmo_eman2867]

Its like yall read my mind.Ive been waiting for this channel to drop a video like this.

[@troyw1000]

Just like a regular casino, Colin never busts!

[@Jay-og4yb]

Last time I was in Vegas I busted on every 12 If i had over 18 dealer pulls a 20 or 21. Any time i doubled an 11 it was always less than 4. Dealer never busted once So rigged

[@troyw1000]

@@Jay-og4yb I wouldn't say rigged, just terrible variance.

[@MetaModern-df6he]

Great video. Oh man when she spilt the queens, I couldn’t believe it 😂 and then went bigger size on the next play. Yikes. Crazy to think some people actually play like this. Great illustration of the gambler mindset! Cheers!

[@mikewhite735]

She had a classic case of playing with other peoples money. No skin in the game.

[@odehTV]

More of this please, great practice

[@SavagePoker81]

When I started reading and memorizing the basic strategy chart of yours last week and played yesterday a 1 card deck here in my local casino in just almost 30mins my $150 bankroll went up to $710.. Though my card counting still messing a bit but hopefully I get there soon thank you Sir!

[@MikeyD594]

This was really good to see how far I have gone learning how to count and convert true count, watching them bet the amount I am guessing they should was so fun I'd love to see more of these, and possibly with a view of the discard tray as that is probably the only part I am not too comfortable with ;D Love this channel, been watching for a while now and is probably the best for learning all you need to get started and I bought some of the books mentioned in some videos, really good reads ;D

[@chrisfinch8637]

Never seen it like this before (well, except for “Telly Savalas’ ABC’s of Blackjack” players). Nicely well done, Colin and all of Blackjack Apprenticeship.

[@savagenez9584]

This was awesome to watch! Love the dealer vest 😂

[@devdog7409]

I lost last time I went to the casino and I was very discouraged and I started questioning if somehow I was counting the cards wrong. After being able to keep up with the count all the way through this video, it gave me my confidence back that I am at least not messing up the running count. I find it kind of hard to tell how many decks are left though and even how many are discarded at casinos. Maybe I'm messing up the true count idk. Great video though! Will come back to practice before next trip to casino.

[@geoffpearce889]

The fluctuation in just one shoe of play was very mild. I have run simulations for given rules and conditions and the sims show that you need a very large bankroll into the many thousands to achieve a certain risk of ruin. This is because losing streaks can go on for months where you lose and lose and it can make you wonder if you are doing everything right. It’s interesting to note that the two card counting players had outcomes where one lost and the other won, and this demonstrates that anything can happen in the short term. It’s quite possible that if more shoes were dealt, one could go on having winning hands while the other loses big time and yet each player played correctly, apart from having different bet sizing. It can take hundreds of rounds of play before your results get close to the EV of the game.

[@stevenhogg4913]

absolutely loved this! hopefully becomes a new feature of the channel.

[@Michaelscott62518]

I’m getting it and I barely started looking into this I love it I’m right on the count and the running count after each hand played so far will keep learning more thank you.

[@casynoel874]

This is a awesome video, you guys should really do more like these!!!!! Very helpful!

[@eddie-xi6ls]

Would love to see more sessions like this.

[@hoddo33]

Interesting, instructional, entertaining and humorous. Great stuff.

[@Randy-kh6gy]

can you please keep making these video's very helpful for someone learning to count to keep just focused on the counting part

[@Blackjackapprenticeship]

We do what we can for KZbin, but the good stuff is and will always be in our Membership area.

[@U-TubeSurfer45]

Great episode! Post more! At least once a week. These are helpfull. Watching others, that are at a lot closer to our levels, practicing. Would be great as well if you put thr card's sums and the count on the screen the entire time.

[@xpsgc]

this was fantastic - more of this please!

[@Blackjackapprenticeship]

We're working on it!

[@timsatterfield9752]

Been playing since 2019. Logged in 650 hours that first year, then about 100 hours the following years. Break even player even after all this time. It is what it is. The forces are strong when I am about to have a chance to get ahead!! My 2 card 20s are fun to see on the high count until…dun dun dun….hello Dealer backdoor blackjack (4) times in a row to my pocket 20s. The funniness of the casinos!

[@THENAMEISQUICKMAN]

It was pretty entertaining watching the two counters play perfectly and your wife just play according to her whims and sometimes things just wouldn't work out for the counters while she would get lucky. It goes to show that card counting is playing the odds, but odds are just that - odds. You can profit over a career of counting if you're good, but you WILL have sessions where you lose hand after hand after hand despite playing perfectly and you *will* inevitably feel the tilt when someone who's drunk, doesn't know what they're doing and is just there to have a good time wins big lol.

[@FlightofElixirs]

Great video. Will watch again. Was fun

[@GenXisT]

SUPER helpful on how do to the betting spread and when. Also was able to keep the count along with the vid in a "live" play scenario, even with distractions. Thanks for this one!

[@DwayneS777]

I got to get me a vest like Colin is wearing when I hit the casinos. Love it. Pitt boss won't think I'm counting wearing that flash.

[@paragrin8385]

i was able to keep up for quite a bit of it. would be awesome to see more of this type of video

[@paragrin8385]

would be great to demonstrate variance as well.

[@epicvocalz7901]

Still just starting out…had trouble keeping up with the RC but this video really helped with understanding how TC works

[@hawkhunter3256]

I've realised that is much easier than I thought. I noticed that when you are not counting every card individually, it's so much easier. In addition, by just thinking of the number, not the calculation itself. You have enough time for the rest.

[@D_J_F_4]

This is great! Would love to see more of the live action example videos like this.

[@KR6Ds5]

Loved being able to practice my counting

[@jeffmcloud9018]

Love it!!!! More videos like this, please!!

[@Koum_Bets]

I was just at the casino counting cards. Had my first losing session in about 2 months. No matter how many times I lose, it totally sucks. I was in a great winning streak from Vegas to the near by casinos. But it's too to know how the pros do it. I'm a little off on my wager. It's good to know the value you put on the hands. Thanks

[@RegiDawn]

Pretty please make loads more of these! Thanks!

[@sebastiandierks7919]

SD1 surrendering 88 v T above a true 1, very nice. Didn't know that deviation.

[@SmittyToked]

While I was able to count the cards, I still don’t think I would be able to pull that off while actively playing basic strategy.

[@OGMaverickGaming]

I learned to play blackjack on The World Is Not enough PS1 game. Ever since then I play it blackjack when I'm not too busy. My win rate is pretty high despite not learning to count cards in the traditional sense.

[@DJ_Sweat]

This was a great video! Keep making ones like this, it is very helpful

[@payterrrrrrrrr]

I really liked this video and I wish there was more of it!

[@paymansharifi2445]

I loved Colin's face I can tell he's torn cause his wife is losing But also happy she's losing cause she's playing wrong hahahaha

[@WeDoNotCare1]

At 9:30 they say "I need a reverse fill", for anyone curious, in the casino industry, we call those "table credits" instead of "table fills" :)

[@dannyneff4195]

Bro I'm 4 seconds into this video and already I'm mesmerized by that vest, it's stunning. . . Where can I get one lol

[@briandraper7630]

That was great thanks Colin. I use the KO system and counted along with you guys and had the same deviations etc. as Loudon did. My max bet would have been out a little sooner based on the KO, but other than that, it was very similar, so that was good to see

[@briandraper7630]

Also the 88 I would have surrendered also based on the count or stand if surrender wasn’t available

[@tigerguy1013]

I’ll go to a table just to watch the dealer half the time. They’re so fun to watch

[@Jeremy_the_bot]

Really enjoyed watching this. Wish you would do it again. Love Loudon. Guy won't stfu.

[@srikothur2845]

I would love to see more content like this. Videos of people not following basic strategy juxtaposed to top notch advantage play to everything in between. That would get Stephen Bridges numbers. Please give it some thought regardless of whether you already have.

[@lulubj]

....but 1st and 3rd base, "the counters" were 'scared' to bet the ramp....multiple times no less.....AMATEURS!!!!

[@dtank5102]

Yessss we need more of these!!

[@adamtank8819]

Haha colin's commentary is brilliant. Love it.

[@TheOneKvick]

Another day at the office where dealer keeps pulling 10's 😂 . Such a great video, thanks 🙏

[@OCHOCINCO98]

Best video so far🔥🔥🔥

[@KubanKevin]

Splitting that 20 had me screaming internally

[@JN24185]

I’d love to see more vids like this. Applying the information like this is super helpful.

[@zakkwyldesdmf13]

I just enjoy blackjack and card counting for fun. Hence my questions: 1. Is the playing speed "in real life" ususally similar to the speed here? 2. How do you execute the count - card by card or the first four cards (players and dealer) and then the second three cards (players) together?

[@Cowtymsmiesznego]

I'd say it's prob a bit faster in real life

[@Caneyhead123]

Respect SD1 for witty table talk while counting and playing. Thx for tips at BC.

[@MarinosHindkjr]

Unreal. Busted after 13 hands. That looks like the casino has counted the cards!

[@egal1780]

So that's what it's for! I should use it for practise...

[@chocolateknife7]

Hope you would release another similar vid but with card totals and individual balance. Can be handy for beginners trying to follow through

[@volden4902]

These types of videos are great for practice I'd say

[@jeffcoulam]

I really liked this video! Can you do some more please? One counter and two gamblers, and the gamblers do not know the others are counting.

[@mattzahab2946]

Never played competitive black jack. Gkad i fell upon your video. High five 4s 3s n 2s on anyting make it a rush for myself. Sometime we are own demise.

[@tryptix]

excellent, more of these! 🙂

[@jasonlongsworth4036]

This was great! Do more of this with different cameos

[@WholeGrain632]

Loved it! Want a bit smaller and maybe some commentary Training since I’m just starting

[@ceduro109]

Pls post more movies like that. I love watching this game in this format

[@mumbles2840]

“I need a reverse fill” its referred to as a credit when you send chips back to the cage. Although its mostly when you close out a table for a bit.

[@AaronS11979]

I guess the big question is... if you just had 3-4 hours in a casino playing perfect basic strategy (just playing on vacation for example), does card counting even matter? In a 3-4 hour session it seems like card counting will only really give you some minuscule advantage of .0001 or something. It's only when you play for thousands of hours that the advantage goes up to a respectable level. So then it could be said that card counting is only for career blackjack players really. Still fun to watch. I'm a numbers guy by profession and these sorts of things fascinate me.

[@tarb1320]

Agree, they were at +15 several times and all lost when raising their bets, while I know counting increases % its still no guarantee and doesn't mean you will win anything, specially short term.

[@crummydryver]

More of these, please.

[@internetexpert8153]

more videos like this please

[@Mr123llac]

When you deal, you deal left to right, when you pay, you pay right to left. You dealt and paid left to right. Otherwise, good video really enjoyed it.

[@DallasStobb]

I hope you make more videos like this!

[@shezho-zoldyyck9883]

i love the video ...but i had the next question: in the match all of the time were in "+", what is the correct way to play when the count is "-"? what is the correct way to play when the count is always in negative.... greetings From southamerica

[@TravvyDaddy]

Amazing video, but I must say the no-insurance call at 9:14 was questionable. The count did drop at the end of the deal but the dealer’s face down card was dealt when the true count was still 3, so when I saw that I called insurance. But tougher to catch in the heat of the moment

[@vorlonzevatron7142]

I use Uston advanced point count. The true count is almost twice as high into the mid game. For example at 9:15 it is 28 divided by remaining half deck number and is greater than 2.5. Hi lo is a little less than 3 not high enough to take insurance.

[@TheBestMan77777]

Excellent video, very enjoyable and I’m still a counting pro haha

[@chchr21]

Hey Colin. Loved the video. Big fan here. My only question about the video is when do you guys consider a good idea to surrender 8,8? In your charts it doesn't say and SD1 surrendered one of those and you approved so I guess it is suggested to treat it as a 16 Index or is there another index to be considered? Thank you kindly in advance. Still hoping to see more long videos from you guys and hopefully you can do one about the math behind playing 2 spots in our spread.

[@HeroDelta]

This video was awesome ! Can we get some more of these please 🙏

[@AmedeoZadra]

Nice video and nice suit!!

[@rhueoflandorin]

@16:22, there's 1.25 decks remaining, so with a RC of 7, true count is 5. @17:36, with 53 cards remaining, and rc of 7, I'd argue it's a true 7... true 6 if you really want to be safe......but not a true 5 this time. @18:41, with 34 cards remaining and a rc of +4, the true count was +6. Was first time they were both a little bet-shy. Count skyrockets @19:38, with 18 cards left before the deal, and a rc6, thus the true count is +17. After players get dealt their cards, the true count becomes a staggering +21, and I would have surrendered the 12 against the 10 (index=13) Colin ended the shoe with 10 cards in hand. Very nice pen.

[@rossfaucher1703]

Question for Blackjack apprenticeship. If you are the anchor and people double down face down. How does it effect your count not seeing the card until after the hand? Specifically would this affect a double down or a split decision?