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Record 1 2006-10-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Card Games
  • Games of Chance
DEF

[To] mentally [keep] track of what cards have been dealt and what cards are still in the deck.

CONT

Contrary to the popular myth, card counters do not need savant qualities in order to count cards, because they are not tracking and memorizing specific cards. Instead, card counters assign a heuristic point score to each card they see and then track only the total score.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Jeux de cartes
  • Jeux de hasard
CONT

Compter les Cartes : [...] sur les jeux de blackjack sur Internet, le jeu de carte est intégralement rebrassé après chaque coup (il n'y a donc aucun intérêt à compter les cartes, les tirages étant complètement aléatoires).

Spanish

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