2. How much of a
[mathematical] edge can you get on these games?
A good card counter
at blackjack playing games with good penetration
and good rules can get between a 0.5 percent and
a 1.5 percent edge. I'd guess most card counters
are playing with a one percent edge. Good single-deck
players are probably closer to the 1.5 percent,
while good shoe players are probably closer to the
0.5 percent. A lot of the percentage advantage that
a card counter has depends on how much money he
can get on the table when the game favors him. On
select full-pay or more-than-full pay video poker
machines you can probably play even with the house
to realizing about a two percent edge on some machines.
On regular poker, it is much harder to estimate
an advantage but some people can and do make a living
playing poker.
3. What skills do
you need to play poker?
First, you have to
realize that even though you are competing against
other people, you not only have to overcome them
but you have to overcome the house rake on the pots.
Poker requires two skills: a killer instinct and
a knowledge, whether intuitive or actual, of the
probabilities inherent in the hand you're working
on. Most people can learn the latter information
with study and practice, but very few have the goods
in the killer-instinct department. Like a fighter
who is technically perfect but just can't "pull
the trigger" in a real fight, most poker players
just don't have the full array of talents needed
to be pros or even winning players.
4. How hard is it
to count cards at blackjack?
Actually, it's like
riding a bike. Remember when you couldn't ride and
you got on a two wheeler? How could anyone ever
keep that thing from falling? But once you learned
to do it, it was the simplest thing in the world.
At first thought, counting cards seems extremely
difficult, but then you do it and you discover that
once you get the hang of it, it isn't really all
that hard. If you have average intelligence, you
can do it, but that probably leaves out your brother-in-law.
5. So counting cards
is simple?
Yes and no. If you are motivated to learn to do
it, then you will learn it. If you aren't motivated,
you won't want to put in the time and effort. But
it is definitely not as hard as, say, graduating
high school
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