The Card Counting blog
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Card counting law and lore, poker math worth memorizing, and what the movies get wrong — written by the team behind the free trainer, with every number checked.
July 13, 2026 · 5 min readIs card counting illegal? What the law actually saysCounting cards with your brain is legal in every US state. What casinos can do about it, the New Jersey exception, and the one version that's a felony.Read it →July 12, 2026 · 4 min readWhat Rain Man Gets Wrong About Card CountingRain Man made counting look like a savant superpower. The real skill is one running number anyone can learn. Here is what the movies get wrong.Read it →July 11, 2026 · 5 min readSeven poker numbers worth memorizingAA vs KK is 82/18. A flush draw is 9 outs. The rule of 2 and 4 turns outs into equity at the table. Seven numbers that do most of poker's math for you.Read it →