Numb3rs 2x13

Double Down

Season 2, Episode 13

* Charlie: Well, blackjack is all about math. The point is to hit 21 without going over. The game is ruled by conditional probabilities. What you see affects what you're going to see.
   If an ace is dealt, then there's one less ace in the remaining cards. And knowing how the cards are likely to be dealt works to the card counter's advantage, because players can ask for a card whenever they want.
   But a dealer must take a card when the total is below 17 and can't take a card when the total is between 17 and 21. So lower value cards favor the dealer, because there's less likely chance that he'll bust.
   The opposite is true for picture cards. Each of them are worth ten. They favor the player, because the more of them that are left in the deck, the more chances for the dealer to bust.
   Now keeping exact track isn't easy, but card counters use certain techniques, like... Like assigning general values. Uh, plus one for cards two through six, minus one for picture cards, aces, tens, zeros for seven, eight, nine. High number count favors a player, they make their bets accordingly.
   Dad: Doesn't that attract attention?
   Charlie: Yeah, of course it does. Sometimes with grave consequences.

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* Larry: I don't think you understand just how truly narcotic this is for me.
   Charlie: Can't you just see this as... as field work?
   Larry: Unfortunately, it is a poppy field. I'm warning you both, we're standing at the precipice. This is the event horizon of a black hole.

* Larry: When the numbers are running you, instead of you running the numbers, it's time to take your money off the table, Leonard.

-- Словарик
bust — крах, банкротство
poppy — мак опийный; опий
precipice — обрыв, пропасть

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