There will come a time when you will be dealt a natural blackjack. You will be elated as you will always be when one is dealt to you. But then the dealer
Tag: Blackjack
Face Up Blackjack Variation
As we are all well aware, I
Double Down House Rules
In most cases the house rules on blackjack will only allow players to double down on two starting hands: a hard 10 and a hard 11. But if you look at a basic strategy chart you
Word on the Dealer Hitting Soft 17
In most blackjack games the dealer stands on all 17
For a Good Blackjack Experience Do Not
While anyone could learn the game of blackjack, it doesn
New Blackjack Strategy or System?
I wrote a post about a new blackjack strategy released by a Dr. Kevin Whitburn. In this post I made it known that I wasn
Identifying a Good Blackjack Table
A shrewd blackjack player does not just walk into a casino and simply sit down at any blackjack table. No, a shrewd blackjack player will cruise the casino floor, looking and studying the tables.
He is looking for indicators of a good table. So what is he looking for?
Let
The Most Important Card in Blackjack
Can anyone tell me what the most important card on a blackjack table is? Doesn
How to Practice Blackjack
Considering that blackjack is a game of skill
Betting Systems Are a No!
At times betting systems will tempt blackjack players from time to time. They just seem so easy to use and to turn a profit with. But there is a major problem with betting systems and blackjack.
First, a betting system is a method of choosing how to bet each round of blackjack. These systems dictate to players when to raise and lower their bets. These betting systems are progressive in nature and that is what is inherently wrong with them.
You can see the progressive nature of a betting strategy by looking at one of the two most commonly used betting systems: the Martingale method. Players that use the Martingale system will double their bet when they lose a round. So if you lost a $10 wager, you would wager $20 on the next; if you lost that round you would wager $40 on the next. This doubling continues until the player wins a round, and then returns to their original betting amount.
The reason this progressive idea of betting in blackjack is a bad idea can be attributed to the nature of a round of blackjack. Each round in blackjack is independent of the last one. This means that there