Casino Vérité Blackjack -- Blueprint Edition

"Purely from the perspective of a practice & training program, CVBJ-Lite is in a class by itself. Nothing on the market touches it, except for QFIT's full blown Casino Vérité, that this "lite" version is based on." - Arnold Snyder, Summer 2003 issue of Blackjack Forum.

CVBJ-Lite has been updated and is now called CV Blackjack-Blueprint Edition. This is designed as a software companion to the excellent new book Blackjack Blueprint by Rick Blaine. CV-Blueprint is a close cousin to the full version of Casino Vérité Blackjack. It uses the same ultra-realistic graphics and play, but many of the 500 features in the full version have been removed and the price reduced accordingly. It still remains the best software rendition of casino blackjack for the purposes of card counting practice available, except of course for the full version. And, it can be later upgraded to the full version. Demos of both versions can be found on the Card Counting Downloads Page for comparison. A more detailed description can be found on the CV Blackjack Page. The chart below briefly compares the features of the two products:

Graphics

	CV-Blueprint	Casino Verite Blackjack V4
Table graphics	Photo-realistic, 3D look with realistic table, shoe and discard trays.	Same
Card graphics	Cards are in 3D laying on the table at an angle. The tops are smaller than the bottoms to indicate the angle. Dealer cards are smaller as they are farther. Face cards are 64,000 color images.	Same
Chip graphics	One set of 3D chips. 18 different stacks can be displayed per player to show realistic betting and payoffs.	Plus four sizes of chips and optional chip styles.
Animation	Sophisticated chip and card animation to show the flow of payoffs, betting, insurance, side bets, card flow etc. Also the shoe and discard tray are independently animated. Also a professionally animated assistant to explain screens, provide warnings and point out errors.	Same
Table formats	One basic table format with modifications for over/under.	For card counting practice, numerous table formats and orientations. 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 feel. Also, different formats for multi-action and various side bet games.
Table sizes	One table size.	Four table sizes. Completely different sets of graphics are used for each size for maximum detail.
Seats	4	1, 4, 5, 6 or 7.

Strategies for Counting Cards

	CV-Blueprint	Casino Blackjack Verite V4
Included Playing Strategies for counting cards	Basic, Knock-Out, Zen, Complete Zen, Unbalanced Zen 2, Expert, Red Seven, Basic Omega II, Advanced Omega II, Hi-Opt I, Hi-Opt II, Basic High-Low, Complete High-Low, High-Low with Aces, Halves, Halves with Aces, KISS, Silver Fox, Spanish 21, Super Fun 21,Mentor, all with permission of the respective authors.	Same
Specialty Strategies	None	Support for Over/Under, Lucky Ladies, Red/Black, Royal Match, Hand Interaction, Double Exposure and hole carding.
Support for unusual indexes	45 special indexes supported (like stand unless 678 possible)	Also up to 400 custom composition-dependent plays can be added.
Expert Strategies supported	Insurance Cover	Insurance Cover, Multi-parameter tables, Counting by Inference, different indexes by deck depth
Betting Strategy options	Standard betting, spread to multiple hands	Highly complex cover betting, spread to multiple hands, different betting schemes by deck depth.
Side Counts	None	In addition to multi-parameter counts, Ace side count for betting or play, Insurance side count, O/U 13 side count, Separate betting count

Ergonomics

	CV-Blueprint	Casino Blackjack Verite V4
Method of play	Use mouse to signify plays with natural movements, Bet, DD, Insurance, split and side bets by dragging chips. Can also use keyboard, keypad, right-click or control bar.	Same

Blackjack Rules & Variations

	CV-Blueprint	Casino Blackjack Verite V4
Rules	About 100	A few more
Specialty games	Over/under 13, Spanish 21, Double Exposure. O/U 13 includes different table graphics and animations	Over/under 13, Spanish 21, Lucky Ladies, Blackjack Switch, Double Exposure, Royal Match, Red/Black, Super 7’s, Multi-Action, Bust Out, Seven & ½, Super Fun 21, 21 Madness. Each side bet game includes different table graphics and animations. Multi-Action includes a substantially different layout and chip animation.
Custom Bonuses	No	Yes
Unusual plays	Partial Insurance, partial double down, surrender after double, hit after double	Same
Multi-Player	You can play with computer players.	Multiple human players can play against each other and computer players in tournament mode.

Stats

	CV-Blueprint	Casino Blackjack Verite V4
Screen stats	In-depth pop-ups appear only when the mouse hovers over hot-spots. Removed otherwise to keep the table clean. Users can customize the pop-ups.	Same
Long-term stats	None	All plays logged to an included Access database. 21 tables can be displayed from the database. 20 charts also included. Queries can be issued to display subsets of the data. Logs and subsets of logs can be displayed. Maintenance screen provided for database. All stats are divided into sessions within trips within users.
Error tables	Separate Play & Drill. You can set the drills to exercise you on errors made during play or drills.	Same plus you can keep error tables from session to session.

Casino Database

	CV-Blueprint	Casino Blackjack Verite V4
Included casinos	740 casinos with 1,170 rule sets	740 casinos with 1,170 rule sets
Maps	Las Vegas, Atlantic City and seventeen state maps showing casino locations and summarizing penetration and advantage with color coding.	Same
Trackjack Link	Can download rules from Trackjack online database if you are a subscriber.	Same

Tools

	CV-Blueprint	Casino Blackjack Verite V4
Calculators	Advantage calculator, Dealer Probabilities and TC calculators	Same plus a set of Risk of Ruin and Bankroll calculators.
Casino Journal	No	CVJournal allows posting of real casino results with custom fields, custom stats and various selection methods. Multiple players and multiple games allowed. The ability to import and export journals to share with team leaders.
Strategy selection	CVSelect aides a user in strategy selection.	CVSelect aides a user in strategy selection.

Shuffle

	CV-Blueprint	Casino Blackjack Verite V4
Real shuffles	One simple real shuffle is included in addition to a random shuffle. Pop ups allow you to see contents of the discard tray and shoe.	Same
Shuffle animation	Can be turned on for the included shuffle.	Same
Full shuffle-tracking practice and analysis	Available as an add-in.	Available as an add-in.

Drills (Learn how to count cards)

	CV-Blueprint	Casino Blackjack Verite V4
Drills	Simple set of drills.	Practice counting cards with 37 drills including simultaneous side counts, full table drills, chip counting drills, count cards on two tables at once.
Cards	Four sets of cards depending on screen size.	Four sets of cards depending on screen size.
Discard Trays	Customizable discard tray	Customizable discard tray plus 95 large photographs of four different style discard trays are included.
Stats	Simple	Long-term stats and charts to show card counting learning progress over time
Testing facility	No	CVTest testing facility to identify weak points and show detailed progress over time. Create your own test scripts for your own purposes and import and export them to share with card counting team members or use as a standard method of testing teams members.

Additional Features

	CV-Blueprint	Casino Blackjack Verite V4
Deck Biases	No	The problem with playing a BJ PC game, or in a casino or with hand dealt cards at your kitchen table is that 95% of hands are easy. You really don't make great use of your practice time. Biases force unusual conditions more often than would normally occur. Several bias methods are supported. The game also adapts to your errors making better use of your time and speed the learning process.
Expert Methods	No	Six card peeking options, team play, warped card play
Casino Heat	No	A complex algorithm is included indicate the amount of casino attention that your play is drawing.
Hand Interaction	No	You can buy other players' splits and doubles and you will be signaled when you make an incorrect play.
Realism	Tipping, Preferential shuffling, randomized penetration, random other player speed, dealer makes obvious plays option, dealer points out stupid plays option, different methods of other player face down actions, tipping, markers	Same plus players come and go, differing methods of handling busted bet chips, randomly changing other player styles.
Dealer errors	None	Seven types of errors against which you are tested. Very important with newer casinos.
Miscellaneous	Blackjack rounded up, many methods of calculating true counts	Same plus Counter’s nightmare (makes counting cards as hard as possible,) no numbers on cards option
Printed Manual	No	Professionally printed
Price	$47	$90
Investment protection	Upgradeable to Casino Blackjack Verite V4 currently for $47	You are already thereJ

A more detailed description can be found on the CV Blackjack Page.

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