The advantage a player can gain using the High-Low method of counting can be a very successful method of gaining an edge over the casino when playing in one or two deck games. Unfortunately when that increases to more decks a more advanced count needs to be employed in order to shift the odds further in your favour.

Professional card counters realised that the High-Low method was too simplistic. So using statistics, a more complicated way of counting was devised to increase the chance of a player winning. If you are planning on playing blackjack for fun with small bets then it is probably not worth learning a different way of counting. If, however, you really are determined to earn money from playing blackjack then you really have to learn this more advanced counting strategy. Unless you are able to consistently find games played with one or two decks but these days that is unlikely.

Advanced Card Count

This method of card counting uses the same principles as the High-Low count but the numbers assigned to each card are as follow.

2 = +1
3 = +1
4 = +2
5 = +2
6 = +1
7 = +1
8 = 0
9 = 0
10 = -2
J = -2
Q = -2
K = -2
A = 0

The count works in exactly the same way as the High-Low count, you just add up the numbers of each card as you go along and the higher the positive count the more the cards are in your favour. Learning this method is not easy and will require a lot of practice. To learn it, use the same method as used to learn the High-Low count. The quicker you can count a pack of cards out at home the better you will be able to cope with doing it in the casino. Counting in the casino can be tricky as there are so many more distractions than at home, as you are surrounded by noise and there are a lot of different things going on around you. When you have practiced enough it will become second nature and this will cease to be a problem.