Features
Vérité (pronounced Vay-ree-tay) means truth. The main thrust of CV is practice under realistic casino conditions. Conditions that truly exist in today's casinos. Toward this end, many unusual features have been implemented. This section gives a brief rundown of some of these features.
Ø Rule variations - Over 100 Blackjack rule and play variations exist that can be independently set in trillions of combinations.
Ø Custom Bonuses - Create your own rules.
Ø Casinos - A casino file exists containing 1170 rule sets in 740 actual casinos. You can set the game's rules by selecting a casino instead of setting each of the rules manually.
Ø TrackJack - For more up to date casino conditions, a link to the Trackjack Web casino database loads new casino information directly from the Internet for TrackJack subscribers.
Ø Tutorial - A 24 lesson tutorial in basic strategy and card counting has been included thanks to the Gamemaster. Click on Strategies then Blackjack Tutorial to view it.
Ø Maps - Maps of Las Vegas, Atlantic City and the U.S. States that have casinos, provide casino data and selection by casino location.
Ø Statistics - Extensive logs, graphs and statistics using a modern database. 100 graphs are supplied.
Ø 3D graphics - Ultra-realistic graphics with animated discard tray and shoe.
Ø Counting Drills - You can practice card counting with cards thrown at you in different combinations of number of cards, card placement and orientation.
Ø Flashcard Drills - The Flashcard Drills presents you with selectable situations to which you must respond correctly according to the selected strategy. These drills are designed to practice strategic play.
Ø Depth Drills - Allows practice estimation of cards dealt for card counting purposes with photo-realistic discard trays.
Ø CVTest - Create your own drilling regimen.
Ø ITests - Take standardized drills and share your results on the Internet.
Ø Strategies - You can select from basic or card counting strategies. The Drills and actual play can be tested against these strategies. Over 400 card-counting tables are included.
Ø Specialty Strategies - Royal Match, Over/Under, Lucky Ladies, Red/Black, Double Exposure, Hole-Carding, Spanish 21 strategies.
Ø Customized Strategies - You can modify one of the standard strategies or define your own.
Ø Warning on strategy errors - This option allows testing of your play against the selected strategy.
Ø Dealer Errors - Test your ability to detect many types of dealer errors.
Ø Hand Interaction - Buy other players’ Splits and Double Downs.
Ø Dealer Biases - Make better use of your practice time by playing with several types of deck biases. These present you with complex decision far more often than random dealing.
Ø Unusual Games - New variations of Blackjack, like Multi-action, Over/Under 13, Double Exposure, Spanish 21, SuperFun 21, Royal Match, Bust Out, Lucky Ladies and Blackjack Switch are supported.
Ø Improving the odds - Expert methods, like peeking at the dealer down card, peeking at other players’ cards, warped cards, "Wonging" and team play, are supported.
Ø Unusual features - To increase realism, features like tipping, face up or down dealing, players coming and going, and the dealer playing for you in obvious situations are included.
Ø Table formats - To increase realism, different table orientations are provided. You can sit at the center or at either end of the table. The table is rotated and cards are dealt sideways and upside down to give you a more realistic perspective.
Ø Normal movements - To increase realism, play can be performed with natural casino hand movements instead of using buttons.
Ø Full table support - A full seven seats and split up to four hands is supported with all hands on the table displayed at once. Also, up to 18 chip stacks in one seat can be displayed for unusual betting situations.
Ø Window sizes - Five window sizes are supported. Graphics are NOT stretched; but are generated at different resolutions.
Ø Player File - Multiple people can be registered as users of CV. Over 400 parameter, option and status settings are saved for each player. Separate logs are also kept by user and session.
Ø CVJournal - A comprehensive facility designed to ease the tracking of actual casino results.
Ø Complex Playing Strategies - Support for complex strategies including counting by inference, multi-parameter counts and different index tables by deck depth.
Ø Betting Strategies - Support for complex strategies such as different betting by deck depth, betting on a side count and complex cover betting.
Ø Heat - CV contains a complex, user customizable technique for measuring the amount of heat your style of play may bring you in a casino.
Ø CVShuffle Add in - An optional add-in is available that adds shuffle tracking capabilities.
Ø Extensive Help - 120 page manual, popup balloon help and a WinXP type assistant.
