Counting Drill

The Counting Drill application is intended to improve the players ability and speed of counting cards - a critical skill for becoming a winning blackjack player. The counting drill counts down cards according to values assigned in the Counting Strategy menu.  A skilled player can count down a single deck of cards in under 45 seconds. To improve counting skills, start with counting down a single deck by counting one-at-a-time. After mastering this, (e.g. complete accuracy under 60 seconds) progress to the the two-at-a-time drill.  It is actually easier to count two-at-a-time, because players can "cancel" out pairs of cards. For example, if a the 2 card has a tag value of +1 and a king has a tag value of -1, then players can count in their head that this is zero, or better yet, just mentally ignore the cards and keep the previous count in their head.

Mentally Recording the Count - One key to improving the speed and accuracy of counting cards is to simplify the mental exercise of recording the card count. A good way to do this is as follows:
     1. All plus counts should be counted as the actual number (e.g. 2-3-4,etc).
     2. Don't say in your head (+2,+3,+4). The plus just adds mental complexity and reduces speed.
     3. All minus counts should be prefixed with the letter M (e.g. M2, M3, M4).
     4. Don't say in your head (minus 2, minus 3, minus 4), use M instead.
     
File - Exits the counting drill.

Count Down - Player has the option of counting down cards one at a time or two at a time.

Decks - Player has the option of counting down 1 deck (default), 2 decks, 4 decks, or 8 decks.

Toggle Count - Toggles the count display on or off.

Shuffle Button - Shuffles the cards

Restart Button - Restarts the current counting drill using the same deck of cards.

Hit Button - Shows the next card. On the first hit, the elapsed time display is started. After the last hit, the elapsed time display is stopped and the checkered flag is show.