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card counting

card counting noun: a strategy, in pontoon or blackjack, in which a player keeps a mental tally of the cards played in order to calculate the probability of certain cards being dealt and therefore obtain an advantage.

Noun

card counting (uncountable)

  1. A strategy, in pontoon or blackjack, in which a player keeps a mental tally of the cards played in order to calculate the probability of certain cards being dealt and therefore obtain an advantage.

Questions about card counting

What does card counting mean?
Card counting means a strategy, in pontoon or blackjack, in which a player keeps a mental tally of the cards played in order to calculate the probability of certain cards being dealt and therefore obtain an advantage.
What part of speech is card counting?
Card counting is a noun.

Words near card counting in the dictionary

  1. card catalogue
  2. card catalogues
  3. card clash
  4. card counter
  5. card counters
  6. card counting
  7. card file
  8. card files
  9. card flourishing
  10. card game
  11. card games

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