There is considerable mystery and confusion online regarding card counting. Much of this is fueled by the movies and Hollywood’s version of reality. Dustin Hoffman in Rain Man, Zach Galifianakis in ...

Dear Mark: I'm puzzled by your historical avoidance of a whole area of gambling that would increase the pleasure and reduce the cost to every one of your readers. This area is card counting in ...

High cards (10, J, Q, K, A) have value (-1). Every time a new card is dealt, players must update the count in their head. A high count means more low cards have been dealt, thus increasing the ...