Variations in Basic Strategy

 ...instant adjustments to that chart, based on the running count.
 Let's start with the easiest example I can think of: the breaking hand vs. the dealer's up card.

If every person playing Blackjack in a casino would conform to this basic rule, the intelligence level of all players would shoot sharply skyward. This is the biggest mistake of most Blackjack players:
a) They will NOT hit the breaking hand against that dealers standing hand of 7 thru ace.
That simple move is killing more players than any other standard move. When you have 12, 13, 14, 15, or 16 you MUST hit. Since the average player is not a counter, they have to look at every deck or shoe as if it were neutral.
Then comes the counter and his logical approach to the game, based'on his running count. He knows exactly when an imbalance will set in.
The count climbs to 57, only about two decks left in the shoe and you're dealt a ten/four. That deck is rich and you're likely to catch a ten.
You now adjust your strategy and stand with that fourteen. That's because your chances of breaking has increased, due to the richness of that deck or shoe. Why hit into a rich shoe, where you have a strong possibility of getting whacked with a ten?
That's the single most powerful adjustment in strategy and this move alone will save you countless losses, when you perfect counting.

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There's a Basic Strategy variation chart that cobres these moves. Skip ahead a couple of pages and take a quick gander at it. Go down to where the players hand is a fourteen vs the dealers 7 through ace. Normal strategy says hit.
Keep sliding across the page to where it indicates the count is 52 or higher. The decision is to now stand. That's because the shoe is rich and chances have swung over to the possibility that you'll catch a ten and break. You don't have to be a genius to realize you should back off and stand with that breaking hand.
This is the edge the counter has and it is basically my own personal reason for card counting. It's a tremendous tool in the hands of a sharp player.
As you drift through the upcoming chapters, I'd like you to see what I'm trying to get across. When that deck reaches a strong determination of rich or poor you immediately zero in on the adjustments to your play.
This is not hard to do, but you must WANTto be a winner. I can teach you how to win, but each one of you must have it banged into your head that it is the only purpose for your gambling. To win...
As Irene Cara tells you: "What a Feeling!!!"

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