Learning path
Open any lesson anytime. Follow the recommended order to go from strategy-card dependence to counting from scratch.
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Basic strategy
Memorize the right plays so you can put the strategy card away.
- 1.Why basic strategy mattersRecommended
Perfect play cuts the house edge. Guessing gives money away.
- 2.Hard totalsOpen
Hands with no usable Ace — the bulk of your decisions.
- 3.Soft totalsOpen
Hands with an Ace counted as 11 — you can hit without busting.
- 4.Pairs and splitsOpen
When to split — and the pairs you never split.
- 5.Doubling downOpen
When to put more money out — and when to just hit.
- 6.Mixed strategy quizOpen
Random hard, soft, and pair hands — no chart allowed.
Hi-Lo counting
Learn why counting works, then running count, true count, and betting.
- 7.Why counting worksOpen
High cards left in the shoe favor the player.
- 8.Hi-Lo card valuesOpen
2–6 = +1, 7–9 = 0, 10–A = −1.
- 9.Running countOpen
Start at 0 after a shuffle; add every card’s Hi-Lo tag.
- 10.True countOpen
RC ÷ decks remaining (half-deck precision), truncate toward zero.
- 11.Betting with the true countOpen
Bet small at low TC; ramp up only when TC is strongly positive.
- 12.Putting it together at the tableOpen
Strategy first, keep the count, bet with TC, use the HUD to learn.