Blackjack & Card Counting Pro 17+

Pretty good but not as great as it could be

The interface and user experience is good but it needs a setting to practice specific subsets of basic strategy. There is wayyyy to much variation for a beginner.

You need a setting where the “deck” constantly forces the same hand with a different dealer up-card to practice what to do with a hard 12 and dealer is showing *whatever* and that’s how to memorize what to do. And then when I start getting those right most of the time I can select something different like hard 13 or whatever and practice what to do with different dealer up cards, etc.

Then I can turn more and more of these on until it eventually gets to where the app currently is, practice real black jack with a normal deck and now that I have the basic strategy memorized I can actually try to apply it.

Developer Response ,

Thanks for the great feedback! We do have more options in our full member's Training Suite but that's an aspect we haven't created before. I'll send it over to our dev guys and see if it's possible to create a system like that in the next update.

Great App

I love this app! I have put 2000 rounds in so far and my bank roll speaks for itself, I have learned the basic strategy very quickly thanks to the errors you get when you make a mistake. There are a few things that I’ve noticed through playing that could been tweaked/adjusted. Sometimes it will tell you strategy error when you shouldn’t do something however when you correct it, you end up losing the hand when what you would’ve done in the first place would’ve made you win the hand. Sure the odds are probably not in my favor by going the route I anticipated, however knowing I would’ve won by not listening and just doing what I wanted to do, gets annoying. Sometimes it will ask me to take say “no” to insurance just for them to flip BJ when I select insurance due to the running count. I might just be confused on that genre though. I also wish they had a free play mode to where it wouldn’t pop up the errors so that you can actually see how you are doing. Maybe a win/loss status as well so you can actually see your progress through learning. It’s a basic app that could use an upgrade on some aspects of the game. I feel a lot more confident in my game play though and will be continuing my training. 10/10 recommended!

Developer Response ,

We're glad it's helped with your game! You're correct that making the right moves will not always win the hand, we're training and playing for long term success, not the success of each hand or session. Card counting involves losing a lot of hands, if you have a 5% edge you're going to lose 45% of the time, however that equity can turn into massive profits over time for serious players.

Negative Betting?!? Why?

Not sure why this is a thing, once your bankroll hits $0 or you don’t have money to bet. Either it should allow you to bet the rest in your bankroll down to $0 or it should offer to reset the bankroll to 10k. I know at anytime you can reset the bankroll to 10k which is nice. It’s not right to bet negative!

You could offer different sizes bankrolls to start with but I honestly think 10k it perfect to not over bet and even if you wanted to bet small it would lower your risk even more. If you want to start larger just build it up.

Unfortunately, I have a few friends trying out the app as well and they want to show off their “bankrolls” but no way to prove they are actual gains. I’m up 50k in mine just from practice and months of work. So I want to actually see who is able to preform and grow a bankroll not just bet a negative amount and show a two hundred thousand dollar bankroll. The app is to simulate real life practice in my opinion.

All that being said this is a fantastic app and I highly recommend it. I still think it’s a 5 star app and this can be an easy fix. Just please fix this one this to help everyone, even the ones who think they can borrow the money. Just reset the bankroll and try again.