Lesson 2
Running count drill
Learn to keep the count under pressure
This is the core muscle of card counting. The cards fly by — you need to add +1, -1, or 0 instantly without thinking.
Pro tip: cancel cards in pairs. See a 2 and a K together? They cancel (+1, -1 = 0). This is faster than adding them individually.
Practice silently. Out loud will get you kicked out of a real casino.
Target: count 50 cards in under 60 seconds with zero errors. That's casino pace.
Key points
- ✓Add values to a running total as cards appear
- ✓Cancel high/low pairs to go faster
- ✓Never speak the count out loud
- ✓Target: 50 cards in 60 seconds