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Tag: Blackjack
Source of Dealer
Beginning with the base game of blackjack
To Take or Not to Take Insurance
For players who are new to blackjack, the concept of what insurance really is not be entirely clear to them. And since this is a house friendly playing option, novice blackjack players need to know exactly what insurance is and what to do about it.
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Blackjack for Community College
If you love blackjack there just might be a program at community colleges that would be right up your alley.
Remember earlier this year when Pennsylvania approved their casinos to have table games like blackjack? With all those new tables and casino patrons wanting to sit down to play some blackjack, those casinos are in need of something: blackjack dealers.
Northampton Community College purchased the blackjack dealer training course from a community college in southern New Jersey. This way Northampton could offer the course to those who were interested in becoming blackjack dealers.
Imagine going to school and only studying blackjack.
The training is necessary if those who are interested in becoming dealers really want to be blackjack dealers. By the end of the course dealers in training have studied the game of blackjack, all the rules that apply to it, card and chip handling and CPR. Yes, CPR too.
But becoming a blackjack isn
A Pair of 4s Can be Tricky
Basic strategy makes the actual playing of blackjack pretty easy. And for the most part it
Why I like Basic Strategy and You Should Too
While we can all appreciate something that takes some effort to earn, there are times when it
Insurance and Online Blackjack
In the majority of cases I would say to avoid taking insurance in blackjack as if that insurance were the plague. Only because it is a kind of sneaky way for the casinos to try to squeeze a little more money out of you.
Lucky for us when casinos offer this play that isn
Other Ways to Win in Blackjack
When playing blackjack, players tend to get very focused on being deal that 21. But it isn
Florida House Signs Off on Seminole Compact
It looks like this compact with the Seminoles is going to happen. With a 74-39 vote, the compact passed through the House on Monday. The Florida Senate has already approved the compact with a 29-9 vote. Now all that
The Thing with Soft Hands
Blackjack is one of the easiest games to play in the realm of casino games. Essentially if you can add up to 21 then you can play blackjack.
The strategy available for blackjack is also very simple. Basic strategy is the easiest strategy to use and have such a significant impact on the house edge.
So with both of those considered how is it that blackjack players keep misplaying soft hands?
To put the answer simply, since this is blackjack after all, is that players are misplaying their hands. Specifically soft hands.
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