card counter

American  

noun

Blackjack.

1. a casino player who memorizes or records which cards have been played in previous hands in order to calculate the odds on receiving winning cards or combinations from those remaining to be dealt, the practice often being held as illegal.

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Example Sentences

The man who wrote “Taxi Driver” has, in his 70s, given us “First Reformed,” “The Card Counter” and “Master Gardener,” movies about solitary men wrestling with the task of living in a world that humanity has wrecked, and the dread of discovering oneself personally unforgivable for one’s place in it.

From New York Times

When Hawke saw “The Card Counter,” he said, he was proud of Schrader for “going back to war.”

From New York Times

While “Master Gardener” ends in a different way, a number of Schrader’s films, including “The Card Counter” and “Light Sleeper,” conclude with the hero in prison reaching out to a woman he loves.

From New York Times

In “The Card Counter,” Isaac is William Tell, a proficient gambler who was once an Abu Ghraib torturer.

From New York Times

Joel Edgerton’s performance anchors this third entry in a loosely structured Schrader trilogy that began with ‘First Reformed’ and ‘The Card Counter.’

From Los Angeles Times