BJ Card Counter v1.1

User Guide

Guillaume Corriveau
September 8, 2002

• web site: The applet is available here.
• home: Download this zip file, which is simply a downsized mirror of this web site, decompress it and load applet.html on your web browser. You can also use java's appletviewer by typing appletviewer applet.html at a command prompt.

When started, the BJ Card Counter applet waits for the user to select one of the following options:

• Game > New shuffle: If a game is not already in progress, this option selects the number of decks (1, 2, 4 or 6) to be displayed to the user, reinitializes counts, shuffles the cards and begins to display them. If a game is already in progress, this action does nothing.
• Game > End current: Ends the current card display iteration.
• Game > Show count : Selects or deselects the option of displaying card count information:
  • card value : Each card has an assigned card value which varies with the count system used. The default count system is the Omega II count developed by Bryce Carlson.
  • running count : The running count is the sum of all successive card values. The higher the number, the better it is for the BJ player.
  • true count : Equal to the running count divided by the number of remaining decks. Calculated in order to standardize the count on one full deck. Also known as "count per deck".
• Game > Change count system : Changes the default count system, Omega II (Bryce Carlson), to another user-defined count system.
• Game > Repeat last : Repeats the last card display iteration.
• Game > Quit : Exits the applet.
• Help > Home page : Loads the BJ Card Counter web page in the current internet browser window.
• Help > Online Manual : Loads this web page in the current internet browser window.
• Help > About : Displays information about BJ Card Counter.

To control the speed of the card displays, use the scroll bar at the top of the applet.

For a screenshot, click here.