Casino Vérité Blackjack -
Blueprint Edition
"Purely from the perspective of a practice & training program,
CVBJ-Lite is in a class by itself. Nothing on the market touches it,
except for QFIT's full blown Casino Vérité, that this
"lite" version is based on." - Arnold Snyder, Summer
2003 issue of Blackjack Forum.
Card Counting Practice
CVBJ-Lite has been updated and is now called CV Blackjack-Blueprint Edition.
This is designed as a software companion to the excellent book Blackjack
Blueprint by Rick Blaine. CV-Blueprint is a close cousin to the full
version of Casino Vérité Blackjack. It uses the same ultra-realistic
graphics and play, but many of the 500 features in the full version have
been removed and the price reduced accordingly. It still remains the best
software rendition of casino blackjack for the purposes of card counting
practice available, except of course for the full version. And, it can
be later upgraded to the full version. Demos of both versions can be found
on the Card Counting Downloads Page for comparison.
A more detailed description can be found on the CV
Blackjack Page. The chart below briefly compares the features of the
two products:
Graphics
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CV-Blueprint
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Casino Verite Blackjack V5.5
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| Table graphics | Photo-realistic, 3D look with realistic table, shoe and discard
trays. | Same |
| Card graphics | Cards are in 3D laying on the table at an angle. The tops are smaller
than the bottoms to indicate the angle. Dealer cards are smaller as
they are farther. Face cards are 64,000 color images. | Same |
| Chip graphics | One set of 3D chips. 18 different stacks can be displayed per player
to show realistic betting and payoffs. |
Many sets and sizes of realistic looking chips. |
| Animation | Sophisticated chip and card animation to show the flow of payoffs,
betting, insurance, side bets, card flow etc. Also the shoe and discard
tray are independently animated. Also a professionally animated assistant
to explain screens, provide warnings and point out errors. | Same |
| Table formats | One basic table format with modifications for over/under. |
For card counting practice, three table formats.
Also, different formats for multi-action and
various side bet games. |
| Table sizes |
One table size. 800x600. |
Variable table sizes to fit the various monitor resolutions and aspects. |
| Seats | 4 |
1, 4, or 6. |
Strategies for Counting Cards
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CV-Blueprint
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Casino Blackjack Verite V5.5
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| Included Playing Strategies for counting cards |
Basic, Knock-Out, Zen, Complete Zen, Unbalanced Zen
2, Expert, Red Seven, Basic Omega II, Advanced Omega II, Hi-Opt I,
Hi-Opt II, Basic High-Low, Complete High-Low, High-Low with Aces,
Halves, Halves with Aces, KISS, Silver Fox, Spanish 21, Super Fun
21,Mentor, all with permission of the respective authors. |
Same |
| Specialty Strategies |
None |
Support for Over/Under, Lucky Ladies, Red/Black, Royal
Match, Hand Interaction, Double Exposure and hole carding. Customized
side bet strategies. |
| Support for unusual indexes |
45 special indexes supported (like stand unless 678
possible) |
Also up to 400 custom composition-dependent plays can
be added. |
| Expert Strategies supported |
Insurance Cover |
Insurance Cover, Multi-parameter tables, Counting by
Inference, different indexes by deck depth |
| Betting Strategy options |
Standard betting, spread to multiple hands |
Highly complex cover betting, spread to multiple hands,
different betting schemes by deck depth. |
| Side Counts |
None |
In addition to multi-parameter counts, Ace side count
for betting or play, Insurance side count, O/U 13 side count, Separate
betting count |
Ergonomics
| |
CV-Blueprint
|
Casino Blackjack Verite V5.5
|
| Method of play | Use mouse to signify plays with natural movements, Bet, DD, Insurance,
split and side bets by dragging chips. Can also use keyboard, keypad,
right-click or control bar. | Same |
Blackjack Rules & Variations
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CV-Blueprint
|
Casino Blackjack Verite V5.5
|
| Rules |
About 100 |
A few more |
| Specialty games |
Over/under 13, Spanish 21, Double Exposure. O/U 13 includes different
table graphics and animations |
Over/under 13, Spanish 21, Lucky Ladies, Blackjack Switch, Double
Exposure, Royal Match, Red/Black, Super 7’s, Bust Out,
Seven & ½, Super Fun 21, 21 Madness. Each side bet game includes
different table graphics and animations. |
| Custom Bonuses |
No |
Yes, custom side bets and bonuses with a new library of side bets. |
| Unusual plays |
Partial Insurance, partial double down, surrender after double,
hit after double |
Same |
Stats
| |
CV-Blueprint
|
Casino Blackjack Verite V5.5
|
| Screen stats | In-depth pop-ups appear only when the mouse hovers over hot-spots.
Removed otherwise to keep the table clean. Users can customize the
pop-ups. |
Same. Plus, on larger monitors a configurable dashboard
with custom mini-charts can be displayed. |
| Long-term stats | None | All plays logged to an included Access database. 21 tables can be
displayed from the database. 20 charts also included. Queries can
be issued to display subsets of the data. Logs and subsets of logs
can be displayed. Maintenance screen provided for database. All stats
are divided into sessions within trips within users. |
| Error tables | Separate Play & Drill. You can set the drills to exercise you
on errors made during play or drills. |
Same plus you can keep error tables from session to session. Also,
the cost of errors is caluclated and charted. and error logs are kept. |
Casino Database
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CV-Blueprint
|
Casino Blackjack Verite V5.5
|
| Included casinos | 740 casinos with 1,170 rule sets | 740 casinos with 1,170 rule sets |
| Maps | Las Vegas, Atlantic
City and seventeen state maps showing casino
locations and summarizing penetration and advantage with color coding. | Same |
| Trackjack Link | Can download rules from Trackjack online database if you are a subscriber. | Same |
Tools
| |
CV-Blueprint
|
Casino Blackjack Verite V5.5
|
| Calculators | Advantage calculator, Dealer Probabilities and TC calculators | Same plus a set of Risk of Ruin and Bankroll calculators. |
| Casino Journal | No | CVJournal allows posting of real casino results with custom fields,
custom stats and various selection methods. Multiple players and multiple
games allowed. The ability to import and export journals to share
with team leaders. |
| Strategy selection | CVSelect aides a user in strategy selection. | CVSelect aides a user in strategy selection. |
Shuffle
| |
CV-Blueprint
|
Casino Blackjack Verite V5.5
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| Real shuffles | One simple real shuffle is included in addition to a random shuffle.
Pop ups allow you to see contents of the discard tray and shoe. | Same |
| Shuffle animation | Can be turned on for the included shuffle. | Same |
| Full shuffle-tracking practice and analysis | Available as an add-in. | Available as an add-in. |
Drills (Learn how to count cards)
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CV-Blueprint
|
Casino Blackjack Verite V5.5
|
| Drills | Simple set of drills. |
Practice counting cards with 38 drills including simultaneous side
counts, full table drills, chip counting drills, count cards on two
tables at once. |
| Cards | Four sets of cards depending on screen size. | Four sets of cards depending on screen size. |
| Discard Trays | Customizable discard tray | Customizable discard tray plus 95 large photographs of four different
style discard trays are included. |
| Stats | Simple |
Long-term stats and charts to show card counting learning progress
over time |
| Testing facility | No |
CVTest testing facility to identify weak points and show detailed
progress over time. Create your own test scripts for your own purposes
and import and export them to share with card counting team members
or use as a standard method of testing teams members. |
Additional
Features
| |
CV-Blueprint
|
Casino Blackjack Verite V5.5
|
| Deck Biases |
No |
The problem with playing a BJ PC game, or in a casino
or with hand dealt cards at your kitchen table is that 95% of hands
are easy. You really don't make great use of your practice time. Biases
force unusual conditions more often than would normally occur. Several
bias methods are supported. The game also adapts to your errors making
better use of your time and speed the learning process. |
| Expert Methods |
No |
Six card peeking options, team play, warped card play |
| Casino Heat |
No |
A complex algorithm is included indicate the amount
of casino attention that your play is drawing. |
| Hand Interaction |
No |
You can buy other players' splits and doubles and you
will be signaled when you make an incorrect play. |
| Realism |
Tipping, Preferential shuffling, randomized penetration,
random other player speed, dealer makes obvious plays option, dealer
points out stupid plays option, different methods of other player
face down actions, tipping, markers |
Same plus players come and go, differing methods of
handling busted bet chips, randomly changing other player styles. |
| Dealer errors |
None |
Eight types of errors against which you
are tested. Very important with newer casinos. Cost of not catching
dealer errors is calcuclated. |
| Miscellaneous |
Blackjack rounded up, many methods of calculating true
counts |
Same plus Counter’s nightmare (makes counting cards
as hard as possible,) no numbers on cards option |
| Printed Manual |
No |
Professionally printed 120 page manual. |
| Price |
$47 |
$90 |
| Investment protection |
Upgradeable to Casino Blackjack Verite V5 currently for $47 |
You are already thereJ |
A more detailed description can be found on the CV
Blackjack Page.
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and practice programs for counting cards
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