The Zen Count is a balanced card-counting strategy for counters with above average skill. If you can use the Zen Count accurately, it will add about 0.1% to your advantage in shoe games, and about 0.2% in single-deck games, compared to what you would expect with the Hi-Lo Lite.
The recommended drills for learning how to count cards are the same for the Zen Count as for the Red Seven Count or the Hi-Lo Lite, so these exercises will not be repeated here.
The Zen Count Point Values
The point values of the Zen Count are:
A -1
X -2
9 0
8 0
7 +1
6 +2
5 +2
4 +2
3 +1
2 +1
As the cards are played, keep a running count of all cards seen. After a shuffle, the count starts again at 0. Like the Hi-Lo Lite, this is a balanced counting system, so if you count down a complete deck, starting at 0, your final count will also be 0. Because the point values are balanced, you also have to adjust your running count to the true edge. All Zen Count betting and playing strategy decisions must be made according to the true edge, not the running count.
Because the Zen Count has more complex point values than the Hi-Lo Lite, it is more accurate. With the Zen Count, you must estimate the true edge by dividing your running count by the number of remaining decks, multiplied by 4 (instead of 2). Otherwise, you use the same make-a-fraction method, in which the running count is the numerator, and the denominator is the number of remaining decks multiplied by 4. In order to do this quickly at the tables, you must memorize the following chart:
Decks Remaining Denominator
8 32
7 28
6 24
5 20
4 16
3 12
2 8
1 4
1/2 2
I think most players who remember their multiplication tables from third grade could reproduce this chart with no memory work whatsoever. It is important that you are able to immediately insert this denominator into your fraction so that your true edge does not require you to make calculations at the table. If your running count is +7 with 3 decks remaining to be dealt, you should immediately know that your true edge has risen by 7/12, or slightly more than 1/2%.
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