QFIT (Norman Wattenberger) Apps
Blackjack Verite Drills 1.1.8
BV-D is a set of Blackjack drills for basicstrategy, Spanish 21, SuperFun21 and card counting designed tooperate on both tablets and smartphones. iOS versions are alsoavailable. QFIT has been developing Blackjack software since 1993,is mentioned in 25 books and recommended by most experts in thefield. This is not a toy app, but serious Blackjack softwaredesigned to improve your game whether you are a casual player or aprofessional.The major design philosophies are:• Realistic graphics – Screen space is not wasted on cartoonish,non-useful graphics. Graphics that are useful -- cards and discardtrays -- are large, realistic, casino-style graphics. For example,there are 206 photo-realistic images of discard trays.• Flexibility – Tens of thousands of combinations of options areincluded. Nearly all screens operate in landscape or portrait.• Optimizing your time – Hands are NOT thrown at you completelyrandomly. More difficult hands are presented more often. You can bedrilled on up to five-card hands, which are substantially moredifficult than two-card hands. For counting practice, the shoe canbe biased toward a positive or negative count to increasedifficulty. You can program it to throw cards out in differentorientation, placement and numbers. It will remember errors youhave made and present you with those hands. Speeds can be increasedbeyond the speed of human dealers. These features are designed tomake better use of your time. Why waste your time on simple handslike player 20 vs. dealer ten-up, that are very common with randomdealing, over and over and over?• Strategies – The following strategies are included: BasicStrategy, High-Low, Halves, KO, Omega II, AOII, Red7, Zen, Hi-OptI, Hi-Opt II, REKO, FELT, KISS-I, KISS-II, KISS-III, Spanish 21,Superfun 21, Expert, Silver Fox, and UBZ2. Complete index tablesfor each with modifications for common rules are included from thevarious books with authorization of the respective authors. QFITproducts are the only software products authorized to include mostof these strategies. You can also easily import user strategiesfrom Casino Verite Blackjack. Many unusual strategy deviations aresupported, like: Hit with 4 or more cards or any 678 possible, orSurrender 10,6 only.• Fixed Price – No piecemealing. You don’t get a “free” app andthen have to pay more and more to make it functional.Counting, Flashcard and Depth drills operate in portrait orlandscape orientation on phones and tablets. Full table drills arelandscape mode only and require a tablet. The Flashcard drills canbe used by basic strategy players and Spanish 21 and Superfun 21players. All drills are useful to Blackjack card counters.Flashcard drills allow either button or swipe input for alldecisions.We also have an online 540 page free book on Blackjack andoperate the most active Blackjack forum and chat room on the web.Also free.
Blackjack Verite Games 1.2.5
BV-G is a practice app for Blackjack andSpanish 21 basic strategy and card counting designed to operate ontablets and smartphones. The app is modeled after Casino VeriteBlackjack, mentioned in 25 books. It is not possible on mobiledevices to support all of the features of CV Blackjack implementedover the last 20 years. However, the app supports morefunctionality than all other Blackjack apps put together. Featuresinclude:Realistic graphics – Screen space is not wasted on cartoonishgraphics, like glowing tables. Useful graphics, cards, shoes anddiscard trays, are realistic, casino-style images. For example,there are 228 photo-realistic images of discard trays and shoesmerged into a felt table.Playing Strategies – The following strategies are included: BasicStrategy, High-Low, Halves, KO, Omega II, AOII, Red7, Zen, Hi-OptI, Hi-Opt II, REKO, FELT, KISS-I, KISS-II, KISS-III, Spanish 21,Superfun 21, Expert, Silver Fox, and UBZ2. (Revere and Uston alsoavailable on request.) Complete index tables for each with mods forcommon rules are included from the books with permission. Unusualstrategy deviations are supported, like: Hit with 4 or more cardsor any 678 possible. You can also import strategies created withCasino Verite Windows software. Card counters can detail how theycalculate counts. For advanced players, unbalanced truecounts andsidecounts are supported.Betting Strategies – Card counters can also define a bettingstrategy.Casino Database – A database of U.S. and Canadian casinos isincluded. Subscribers to CBJN may download monthly updates.The Table – One, two, four and six seat tables are allowed inlandscape mode. One or two seats in portrait. (Phones only supportportrait for the table.) You can play one to six seats at once. Youcan also set computer players to randomly enter and leave thegame.Speeds – Dealer, computer player and payoff speeds can bechanged.Gestures – All decisions can be made with gestures or bytapping.Standard Options – You can set number of decks, shuffling rules,the 18 common variations, cards face up or down, European rules,dealer hits or stands on soft 17, split to up to four hands, andtable limits.More variations – Unusual rules like double on three cards,redouble, triple down, double down rescue, player 22 counts as 21,5, 6 and 7 card Charlie are supported.Bonuses – 17 unusual bonuses and Blackjack variations areincluded.Dealer actions – The dealer can be optionally set to peak undertens and/or aces, show burn cards, point out stupid plays, and makeobvious plays.Unusual games – Some games have unusual rules and some have sidebets. The following new games are included:Spanish 21, SuperFun 21, Blackjack Switch, Double Exposure,Over/Under 13, Royal Match, Lucky Ladies, 21+3, Big Slick, BonanzaBlackjack, Dare any Pair, Field of Gold, High Tie Bonus, LuckyLucky, Match the Dealer, Red/Black, Pair Square, Perfect Pairs,Super 7s, and Sweet 16.Custom games – You can also create and import and share customgames created with CV Blackjack.Dealer errors – This is another attempt at casino realism and isimportant, particularly in newer casinos. When set, on occasion thedealer will make an error. You are tested to catch theseerrors.Biases – Random play does not present you with difficult situationsvery often. Most of your time is wasted playing easy hands. Thepoint of these options is to make better use of your practice time.You can set one of five types of biases, like increasing the timeshands that you have incorrectly played in the past willappear.Hole-carding - This advanced method of play is used when you happento get a peek at the dealer downcard. A strategy is included bywhich your play is tested.Statistics – Statistics are kept, errors logs are kept, and errorcounts are kept by hand.We also have an online 540 page free book on Blackjack and the mostactive Blackjack forum on the web.
