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Blackjack Card Counter Can Now Help Players Beat The House!

A new Blackjack Card Counter has been released by Dragon Forged Software, for Mac Os X. This has been created to teach users how to beat the house in casinos, statistically. Macnn.com reports:

The software supports most Blackjack casino rules, and optionally displays a chart depicting the best statistical move. Blackjack Card Counter also displays statistical information related to the art of card counting, and keeps detailed user statistics which will notify players when they are ready to count cards in a real casino.

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Choose The Best Casino By Shopping For the Best Rules

Which casino should you choose, when wanting to play blackjack? Here is a list of factors that you must keep in mind, when making your choice:

1. Look into the number of deck of cards being used by each casino.
2. Carefully look into the in-house rules of the casino as these determine the advantage of the casino over their patrons. Some casinos allow players to surrender and to double down after pair splitting, others don't.
3. In one casino, you may find that the dealer might stand on a soft 17, in another, he may hit. Even in the same casino, you may find one dealer holding a single or double deck right next to a dealer dealing out of an 8-deck shoe, both using different rules based on the decks in play.

Hence, when zeroing down on the best casino, the most important thing is shopping for the best rules.

Survey of Different Casinos, With Respect to the Individual House Rules

A major element of strategy in a game of blackjack is the individual house rule. A survey was made of 4 different casinos in the Chicago area. They were Argosy's Empress Joliet, Grand Victoria Elgin, Harrah's Joliet and Hollywood Aurora. Only Grand Victoria had $5 minimum tables. These were available until 4 p.m. Hollywood and Empress have a $10 minimum. Harrah's goes up with $15. These statistics show that Northwest Indiana is a much better bet for the average player as the 5 casinos surveyed there earlier, offered $5 minimum games at various times. Brokopp.casinocitytimes.com reports:

All of the casinos deal out of six-deck with the exception of Hollywood, which only offers them in the high limit room while utilizing the less player friendly eight-deck variety everywhere else. The Grand Victoria is the most generous of all with one and one-half decks, a player advantage.

Read More: Blackjack Survey from the Illinois Side