Can You Count Cards at Online Blackjack?

It's 2021. Is it possible to count cards at live dealer online blackjack games from the comfort of your own home? Colin breaks down what is needed to effectively use card counting, as well as the math behind playing online blackjack vs real casinos.

Checkout the Blackjack Apprenticeship Membership:

SUBSCRIBE for Card Counting training:

Get access to our FREE Card Counting Mini-Course:

[michaelblasius]

Learning to count cards is on my bucket list. This is the best channel to learn, hands down.

[AsianAndyfilms]

No multiple splits, no split into doubles, and no peak on 10's, they cut the deck at 50% mark.

[DadeMurphie]

I like to idle in a room sometimes and just use it as a practice drill in the lead up to a real casino visit. I don't bet and I get booted from the room often for idling but it still gives me the practice. I find that even though it's slower than drilling with software the process is more casino like than using a BJ drill app.

[joshnoles]

Ever since the movie 21 came out when I was young I can't forget about card counting. Thank you for the knowledge sir 🙏

[rmschad]

I don't frequent casinos and only play online from time to time when drinking with friends. I view it as affordable fun, but I appreciate the resources here so I can at least feel like I'm limiting my entertainment costs. I've been using your basic strategy and card counting trainers and working on my own trainer as a little side project. Writing some code to play basic strategy in a human way actually helped solidify the rules in my mind a bit more.

[vampirefreak]

Colin!! I literally have only watched your vids telling myself I'd never be able to do this. I do gamble from time to time, and today I got pulled to the side for them to tell me that they know I'm counting and they wont tolerate it. I don't even know how to count 🤣 So now I will be looking into classes.

I bet on loss/win ratios. But now ik determined to be an advantage player.

[motor]

I'm surprised no casinos have tried getting this guys channel taken down 😂

[mattodorr]

I have played at live dealer online casino before it became illegal in my area( Maine). Rules were blackjack paid 3:2, dealer standing on all 17s, split up to 4 times, double after split allowed, re-split aces, and 95% deck penetration. This was about 10 to 15 years ago though so I’m sure that they changed their rules to benefit themselves.

Side note: it took 2-4 weeks to get your money and this casino was based out of Macau 🇲🇴.

[albertgoldsteinberg]

Colin I am a member of BJA and avid online blackjack player. I got my start in blackjack online and it led me to you and BJA. I do know some online sites that have decent penetration and rules. The thing that stings the most with live dealer BJ is the rounds per hour as the dealers are pretty mediocre at best it creates very inconsistent rounds per hour. I would be glad to share some of the casinos with you as well as screen shots for example.

[larsiparsii]

I've worked as a blackjack dealer in a live casino, and while I've never been aware of anyone card counting, I presume someone must have at some point. Catching card counters are not my responsibility, as a computer would do it much better.

[tthecreator]

If we're thinking about online casino's, why even learn to count cards? Just let a computer program count the cards for you right? I don't think the online casino's would make any money if they had fair rules from just this fact alone.

[bradfordwramsden]

Collen, I 100% agree with you on what you sad i would also add in:
Online gambling/casinos are evil and for suckers. They are unregulated and the games can be simply fixed to increase the house advantage. Blackjack is a good example. The more 10 cards they remove from the decks the more the house advantage increases. Additionally, almost all videos depict players with casino compted or fake money. The players get to keep a small portion of the compted maney as compensation for advertising the casino. They also get a revenue stream from each click on their casino link that signs-up a new sucker. The bottom line in that online casinos are scams.

[Atrain]

some games are very fast online but depends on the dealer. you can go to a private table also if you have the bankroll and it seems like they go pretty deep into the deck there

[gregwilliamsono]

I lived off black jack for about 2 years. It's not an easy life with the bankroll I had.(20k) I only had 2 casinos near enough to travel to on a daily basis. After being escorted out of my favorite spot I lost interest and just petered out. Good luck! It's doable but not as easy as people think it is! The key = a HUGE bankroll

[michaelhofer]

The one available in my jurisdiction has the following:

8-deck shoe
No resplit or DAS
Only one card dealt to a split Ace
~50% deck penetration
Stand on soft 17
No surrender

[Kalgon]

I tried it, 50% of the cards are used in 8 decks, only one split allowed stand soft 17, surrender is available. Not the worst but with 50% only used no thanks.

[ramaduraivenkatesan]

It's interesting to talk about deck penetration factor when applying card counting in online live blackjack tables.. I have seen them shuffle 8 decks together, splitting them within the shoe as 2 x 4 decks, and again reshuffle..

[hectoralmaguer]

I've been using online blackjack just to practice card counting. I don't bet much and don't use it to make a lot of money. I like using the online casino because it's more of a challenge to me. Helps also when going to a real casino because you expect it to be just as difficult as the online one but doesn't usually end up that way.

[T-Vegas]

A big reason you could say now is the best time to make money at blackjack, than the "old days" is, there are more casinos now than any time in history. And more keep opening.

[ZhangBangsFury]

I lost too much on online casino and started watching ur vids last week lol