Casinos invest millions of dollars each year in surveillance and monitoring systems just to nab gamblers who try to count cards. While counting cards in poker is not illegal, it is usually enough of a concern to casinos as they can reduce profits. Many casinos may go to any length to safeguard their interests. These techniques may help you to avoid being caught counting cards during poker games:

Using Progression Betting

Most casinos despise card counters, but they do love progression betting. That’s because nearly all progressions don’t work. You should learn how to do progressions and find ways to make all of your bets seem like progression betting. While counting cards, sometimes you should increase your bets when you are losing and the count is poor; likewise, occasionally lower the bets if you are winning and the count is good. Break the pattern with progression betting.

Pretending to be Drunk:

It works if you are not too sensitive to alcohol. Surely, playing gambling games without full alertness is going to cause bad effects to your game. And if the casino believes that you’re a drunk, it may not suspect that you are counting cards. Of course, casinos aren’t that naive. If you are winning consistently while acting drunk, the pit boss may ask the waitress what you are drinking. So you may need to drink something strong while playing. If you want to improve your chance during card counting, it is recommended that you eat a full meal before playing, and act like a bit tipsy before ordering a drink.

Using Camouflage Strategy:

Camouflage means to blend in with the background. Some players do this well while observing and trying to copy others around them. If most players play smartly; follow them and if others are superstitious and sloppy, it is also prudent to copy them. It could be easy to disguise card counting this way, however it’s probably hard to maintain consistent playing style.

Pretending to Be Clueless:

This could work for you if you are a good actor/actress. Ask your opponents what to do, or ask idiotic questions. Or, maybe, you could act like a poker genius but offer bad advices to others. You can deliberately make common novice mistakes. If you are winning, try to lose a small amount on purpose; then try to win when the bet is bigger. The fastest way to ruin your chances in disguising card counting is by being greedy.