Derren Brown Demonstrates How He Wins At Black Jack

Not hard to understand why he's banned from so many casinos.

[patavinity]

"In my mind, I'm in a sprawling Florentine mansion"

Jesus Christ, this guy

[jonathantrego]

He acts like doubling 11 against a 5 is some risky move

[Ketroc]

There is no count that would ever make it right to hit a 16 vs a 6. This whole thing is staged.

[Aruesx]

Imagine you're playing poker and suddenly another player goes around removing stickers and objects from the room every hand

[darksoul]

The dealer has never seen that happen before? How long has she been dealing 2 weeks?

[genaroflores]

Casino rule #1: Doing math in your head is strictly prohibited 🤬

[destroythehuman]

"Couldn't afford to have someone like that in a casino" like they're just making ends meat without him hahah.

[coolpoolshark]

What kind of cheap casino was it that would ask him to leave after less than thousands pounds of winning?

A staged one.

[YapTuntley]

I used the memory palace technique to memorize a speech I was giving recently. It's such a wonderfully simple thing, but it's wildly effective.

[TB-vpqr]

This is the biggest load of bollocks I’ve watched

[jeremy]

*when the new guy learns basic strategy*

[soSAMuksUKslotchannel]

1:12 no it isn’t, the object is to beat the dealer wether you have a higher hand or not. 1:27 most casinos use 6 decks and many use an electric shoe so card counting is impossible 2:08 best strategy dictates you should never take a card if the dealer has a 4/5/6 and your total is 12 or more. As there are more. Adds that bust than wouldn’t, dealer has to draw on 16 or less and stand on 17 or more, so there is no reason, other than you knowing what the next card is, due to dealer error, that you should EVER take a card on 16 against a dealer showing a 6. 3:40 suits do not matter in Blackjack, there is no need to memorise the suits, the amount of cards yes but by remembering the suits only adds to the amount you have to remember which in turn makes it harder to card count. 4:46 “I can see why he’s banned from casinos” he can come in any casino and they would take his money, this isn’t card counting this is made up TV bollocks, no casino would ever permit recording without permission from the manager. I have permission from the managers from the casinos I record in and the rule is that I can record as long as I don’t have video footage of any other customer in the video. Basic card counting is quite easy and most people could learn it within an hour or so, full counting takes a lot longer and requires a team to do it without being caught. As soon as you are caught you get black listed and all casinos use the same database and share information. Darren Brown talks bollocks and this is all set up for the television and for the idiots who choose to believe him, could he really do this would he really be showing everyone on TV? No he’d be playing blackjack in casinos making millions and retiring!!

[philpearson]

You play with 6 or 8 decks.

Card counting for low cards is moronic. Your odds of success are wildly reduced. Playing when the deck is stacked with high cards is profitable. Only by 1%.

As the dealer shuffles even a 4 deck shoe back together with over 30 cards remaining the odds of this being genuine are too low to be profitable. As for hitting 16 vs a 6.... no way. Even pure maths shows that's a stand vs any random assortment of 35+ cards remaining.

[ParkinT]

Great Expose, Derren.
The concept of "Memory Palace" is a very old and fascinating technique.
In the book "Moonwalking with Einstein" (which I highly recommend), the concept is described in much more detail.

[Whimzy]

Lol he's doing the hardest and least effective style of card counting. Good job though

[donaldasayers]

I have heard of the use or "memory palace" as a way of remembering things. But with Darren? I say bollocks, he always makes things look a lot harder than it is.
All you need to keep track of are two numbers, the number of low cards, 5s or less, dealt and how many high cards have been dealt, that's it. As you get near the end of the deck you can tell if there is an imbalance in the cards left and adjust your play accordingly.

You absolutely don't need to remember the suits of the cards played or even the rank, just its value: high=10, low 5 or less.

That's why casinos use four decks and usually reshuffle the played cards back in long before they get to the end.

[DaveTaste]

I'm calling BS.

I work for John Huxley, you'll see the name on the layout.

The chips are colour chips, not cash chips.

There's no casino in the UK called Royale. At first I thought it was Les A in Mayfair from the outside, but that's always been called that, so it's not.

He also talks about 4 deck blackjack. Blackjack is played with 6 decks, you'll find the odd 4 deck game in Vegas. Nowadays it's invariably a shuffle machine made by TCSJH or SHFL, but they've only really become truly mainstream over the past 10 years or so, but you'll still find the odd casino using shoes.

On the roulette table, there's no cash chip float and there's also people sitting behind the dealer. This area would be roped off.

100% BS.

[ash]

Ive always had a problem with casinos banning card counters. All you're doing is improving the odds in your favour through skill, you're not manipulating the deck or technically cheating in anyway. Its like starting a chess club and then saying 'I won't allow anyone who's studied any form of strategy.' Seems so petulant

[tobyashcroft]

I've worked in casinos as a manager for many years. This looks staged. The chips in the float are not the cash chips that would be used in a normal game of blackjack. The chips in this clip are the ones that are used on a "demonstration table", which is usually used either to teach newbies or used in fun casinos. Some casinos would allow Derren Brown into a casino to have drinks at the bar, a meal in the restaurant and allow his friends to gamble, but they would never allow him to gamble as it would be too risky. He is a master at what he does and I am a fan, but he is also very good at publicity stunts too in my opinion. It's still good entertainment though and he is a great showman.

[jameswilson]

Is blackjack played differently in other countries? I used to deal blackjack in the US and the dealer has two cards dealt for his/her hand before the other players can hit. In this video I noticed she only had one, acted on all the players hands and then dealt her second card and so on. This completely changes the game.