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Learn to count cards.
Try it now · Hi-Lo
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What does this card count?
Tap an answer or press 1, 2, 3
Practice blackjack card counting one card at a time, then build up to true counts, bet sizing and real hands. Start right here — no reading required.
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Pick your counting system
Everything on the site adapts to it. Not sure? Start with Hi-Lo.
Four ways to practice
- LessonsSix short lessons, from card values to bet sizing, adapted to your system.
- Counting drillValues, cancelling pairs and full running counts at your own pace.
- Explained quizTrue count, betting and values — every answer shows the working.
- Blackjack tableKeep the count while you play real decisions with play money.
Your next step · Hi-Lo
Master the card values
Learn which cards add, subtract or count as zero in Hi-Lo.
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Learn it, drill it, then test it at the table
CardCount Academy is a free, browser-based trainer for blackjack card counting. Choose one of seven systems — Hi-Lo, KO, Red 7, Omega II, Halves, Zen Count or Hi-Opt II — and every lesson, drill and quiz adapts to its card values. Start with the six lessons, build speed in the counting drill, check your understanding with the true count quiz, and keep the count during real decisions at the blackjack simulator.
No sign-up is needed, and your progress stays in your browser — it is never sent to us. The simulator uses play money only — this is a place to learn, not to gamble.
New to card counting?
Read the reasoning before you drill it. Every guide cites its sources and says plainly what counting can and cannot do.
- How Card Counting WorksWhy the cards already dealt change the odds of the cards still in the shoe, what a count actually measures, and what counting can and cannot do.
- Blackjack Basic StrategyThe full basic strategy chart for six-deck blackjack, the reasoning behind every group of plays, the most common mistakes and a plan to memorize it.
- Hi-Lo Card CountingLearn the Hi-Lo card counting system step by step: card values, keeping the count, true count conversion, bet ramps and the most important strategy deviations.
- Running Count vs. True CountThe difference between the running count and the true count, how to convert with deck estimation, worked examples, and common mistakes.
- Is Card Counting Illegal?Counting cards in your head is not a crime in the United States, but casinos can respond. What is legal, what is not, and where devices cross the line.
- Card Counting FAQShort, honest answers to the questions beginners ask most: whether counting works, how hard it is, how much it can earn, and whether it is allowed.