Alright, so I'm hooked on online blackjack with the live dealers. I can't stop playing the stupid game even though it's a completely negative EV game. From what I've been reading, the house has a 1% advantage over the players, UNLESS...you know how to count cards.

So, in comes the Red 7 Count. Here's a link that describes this card counting strategy:

http://www.blackjackforumonline.com/

It's pretty money. You gotta check it out. Basically, the way the card counting system works is, all cards from 2-6 and red 7s are considered +1 and all face cards and aces are considered -1. When you have a positive count, your chances of winning are greater because there are more face cards and aces in the deck. The more face cards and aces, the better chances of you winning.

With the Red 7 count and the basic blackjack strategy...found here:

Basic Blackjack Strategy

You can actually have an advantage over the house! Yup. Well, I decided to give the card counting system a go. It actually wasn't too hard counting cards while playing online because the action is a lot slower than if you're sitting at a casino table. Not only that, but it's not obvious that you're counting cards when the dealers can't see you.

My initial experiment didn't go too well. I had a positive count of about 16 and I decided to push my bet to $200....twice. And it didn't quite work too well. Umm...let's just say that I went from $1200 to $0. Heh...not good. Fortunately, I was able to get some of that back after redepositing. I'm still about -$900, but I guess $1600 of that money was winnings, so technically, I'm still up about $700.

It still sucks losing $1200 though because once you win, you already consider the winnings as your own money. You don't consider it as "winnings" especially AFTER you've already cashed out!

I've given up on the card counting for now because it seems too boring to me. It seems like a grind because you're only supposed to push your bet when you have a high positve count. Sometimes that could take forever! I need action! If I wanted a grind, I'd be playing poker. :)

If you haven't given this online blackjack a try, you have to try it out. It's fun...and it's definitley NOT fixed. Make sure you go through our link to sign-up, so that we both get paid for your sign-up.

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