Tournament Strategies
After receiving pocket cards, you are immediately faced with a choice: play your cards and either raise or call the blinds, or fold.
Practice Matters
True Counts
True Counts Running count: the running total of each card’s given value. True count: essentially the running count divided by the number of decks that haven’t been dealt yet; this can be calculated exactly or approximated with an average card count per round the number of rounds dealt. However, many variations of the True count calculation exist.
This means that if the system
This means that if the system which the counter is using is sufficiently accurate, the running count will give an indication of what cards have been dealt and thus what cards remain to be dealt. Consequently, the player will be able to modify strategy according to what cards remain to be dealt i.e. playing a high or a low bet. Insurance correlation (IC): At high counts, it becomes highly profitable to take an insurance bet. An increase in IC will offer additional value to a card counting system.