Intermediate player (where its possible to mess with people) : I'm not good at this, whats the count now?
(edited to note: I think external card counting devices like a phone app are illegal everywhere, which does leave some of the fun in the game)
Experienced player : Everyone is effectively perfect at card counting making it boring again.
Something I don't like about blackjack as a game is casinos minimize the entertainment of the game by having like six decks that are shuffled constantly, how super boring why not just play slots or set your cash on fire and watch it burn. If you play it at home with one deck multiplayer and no shuffling foolishness its a moderately entertaining arithmetic game with multiple meta levels of "press your luck" although the house doesn't have guaranteed boring income under that format, which is why casinos won't play that way. Its a game that's too much fun not to be made boring, or something like that. Casinos could take sex and make it boring. Not a fan.
Intermediate player (where its possible to mess with people) : I'm not good at this, whats the count now?
(edited to note: I think external card counting devices like a phone app are illegal everywhere, which does leave some of the fun in the game)
Experienced player : Everyone is effectively perfect at card counting making it boring again.
Something I don't like about blackjack as a game is casinos minimize the entertainment of the game by having like six decks that are shuffled constantly, how super boring why not just play slots or set your cash on fire and watch it burn. If you play it at home with one deck multiplayer and no shuffling foolishness its a moderately entertaining arithmetic game with multiple meta levels of "press your luck" although the house doesn't have guaranteed boring income under that format, which is why casinos won't play that way. Its a game that's too much fun not to be made boring, or something like that. Casinos could take sex and make it boring. Not a fan.