Owl Count — updateshttps://owlcount.com/2026-08-29T00:00:00ZMartin KosekEvolution Live Blackjack Ruleshttps://owlcount.com/evolution-blackjack-rules2026-08-29T00:00:00ZEvolution has the dearest rules of the big four: no doubling after a split, and no peek on a ten. We compute 0.706%, which matches their own published RTP.Ezugi Live Blackjack Ruleshttps://owlcount.com/ezugi-blackjack-rules2026-08-29T00:00:00ZEzugi runs standard eight-deck rules at 0.587% and one table with late surrender at 0.506% - the only live blackjack table anywhere that offers surrender.First Person Blackjackhttps://owlcount.com/first-person-blackjack2026-08-29T00:00:00ZFirst Person Blackjack looks live but is a random number generator that reshuffles every round. Counting it is not hard - it is mathematically impossible.Infinite Blackjack: Rules and RTPhttps://owlcount.com/infinite-blackjack-rules2026-08-29T00:00:00ZThree sources give Infinite Blackjack three house edges, from 0.45% to 0.53%. We computed both readings; the spread turns out to be one unresolved rule.Lightning Blackjackhttps://owlcount.com/lightning-blackjack2026-08-29T00:00:00ZLightning Blackjack charges a fee equal to your whole bet on every hand. Published figures for it range from 0.44% to 17.63%, and both are defensible.Live Dealer Blackjack Comparedhttps://owlcount.com/live-dealer-blackjack-compared2026-08-29T00:00:00ZThe four large live studios are not equivalent. We computed each from its own rules: they run from 0.485% to 0.706%, a gap of two rules nobody reads.ONE Blackjackhttps://owlcount.com/one-blackjack2026-08-29T00:00:00ZPragmatic Play ONE Blackjack has the highest published RTP of any live table at 99.59%, and no source gives it a house edge. We computed one: 0.429%.Playtech Live Blackjack Ruleshttps://owlcount.com/playtech-blackjack-rules2026-08-29T00:00:00ZPlaytech is the only large live studio that allows doubling after a split and checks for blackjack against a ten. We compute 0.485%, the lowest of the four.Power Blackjackhttps://owlcount.com/power-blackjack2026-08-29T00:00:00ZPower Blackjack lets you double, triple and quadruple - and removes every nine and ten from the shoe. We computed what that removal costs on its own: 2.09%.Pragmatic Play Blackjack Ruleshttps://owlcount.com/pragmatic-play-blackjack-rules2026-08-29T00:00:00ZPragmatic Play added doubling after a split in mid-2025, taking its tables from 0.706% to 0.587%. Anything written before that date now has the wrong number.Smaller Live Blackjack Studioshttps://owlcount.com/smaller-live-blackjack-studios2026-08-29T00:00:00ZBeyond the big four: one studio the dealer never peeks at, one running H17 on six decks, one with an early surrender nobody has priced. We priced it: 0.240%.Blackjack and Card Counting Guideshttps://owlcount.com/guides2026-08-26T00:00:00ZEvery guide on Owl Count in one place, grouped so you can find things: counting, strategy, the numbers, side bets, variants, where you play, and the law.Blackjack Switchhttps://owlcount.com/blackjack-switch2026-08-25T00:00:00ZSwapping your second cards is worth 9.29 percentage points. We computed it, and we computed the two brutal rules the casino charges you for it.Card Counting Trainerhttps://owlcount.com/card-counting-trainer2026-08-25T00:00:00ZA real round of blackjack plays itself out and you keep the count. Enter the running count and the true count at the end. Three difficulties, four speeds, free.Chinese Blackjackhttps://owlcount.com/chinese-blackjack2026-08-25T00:00:00ZBan-Luck has no house edge, because there is no house. The banker holds the advantage and the banker changes. Here is what that does to the game.Double Exposure Blackjackhttps://owlcount.com/double-exposure-blackjack2026-08-25T00:00:00ZSeeing both dealer cards is worth 9.85% to the player. We computed it, and we computed exactly how the casino takes all of it back.Free Bet Blackjackhttps://owlcount.com/free-bet-blackjack2026-08-25T00:00:00ZFree doubles are worth 4.19% and free splits 1.94%. Dealer 22 pushes costs 6.95%. We computed all three, and the arithmetic explains the whole game.Learn to Count Cardshttps://owlcount.com/learn-card-counting2026-08-25T00:00:00ZSix lessons that start from nothing: what each card is worth, the running count, estimating decks remaining, and the true count. Nothing appears unexplained.Pontoonhttps://owlcount.com/pontoon-blackjack2026-08-25T00:00:00ZAustralian Pontoon is Spanish 21 without a hole card. British Pontoon is a different game entirely. Knowing which one you are sitting at changes everything.Super Fun 21https://owlcount.com/super-fun-212026-08-25T00:00:00ZSuper Fun 21 hands you eight generous rules and takes 2.27% back by paying blackjack even money. We computed what every single one of them is worth.Zappit Blackjackhttps://owlcount.com/zappit-blackjack2026-08-25T00:00:00ZThe zap is worth 6.36 percentage points and dealer 22 pushes costs 6.95. We computed both; one line about post-zap blackjacks moves the edge by half a point.Is the Film 21 Accurate?https://owlcount.com/21-movie-accuracy2026-08-24T00:00:00ZThe 2008 film is based on a book a newspaper investigation found substantially fictionalized. The counting is roughly right; almost nothing else is.Advantage Play Explainedhttps://owlcount.com/advantage-play-explained2026-08-24T00:00:00ZAdvantage play means getting information the game did not intend to give you. Counting, Wonging, shuffle tracking and hole carding, with a verdict on each.Australian Blackjack Ruleshttps://owlcount.com/australian-blackjack-rules2026-08-24T00:00:00ZAustralian tables use eight decks, no hole card and restricted doubling — and some pay 6:5 or use variants where the dealer pushes on 22.Bankroll Calculatorhttps://owlcount.com/bankroll-calculator2026-08-24T00:00:00ZHow much money you need for a chosen unit size and an acceptable risk of ruin — or what unit your bankroll can actually support.