Basic strategy is important in casino blackjack
If you ever wondered just how card counters make money like with the movie “21” for example with Kevin Spacey then the strategy that underpins card counting is called “basic strategy”. As an ex-full time blackjack player then I can tell you now that card counting without basic strategy is very unlikely to work. This [...]
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Posted on January 6, 2012 by Carl The Dean Sampson | Filed Under Blackjack, blackjack basics
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Doubling down a key blackjack tactic
The double down strategy in blackjack should be seriously considered as a way of making sure you take advantage of the good hands you are dealt in the game.
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Posted on October 20, 2011 by Thomas | Filed Under blackjack basics
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When to split in blackjack
The opportunity to split your starting hand in Blackjack is available to you if you are dealt a pair in the game. You don’t have to take up the option, but if you do, it will cost you double your initial stake. There are certain starting hands that are more advisable to split than others. [...]
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Posted on October 17, 2011 by Thomas | Filed Under blackjack basics
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So You’re About to Enter Your First Blackjack Tournament? Best You Know the Lingo Spoken at the Table
My good friend Howard likes to think he’s mastered all there is the know (at an amateur level) about blackjack. He’s memorized the charts (like I have, incidentally). Knows the odds. And is a somewhat successful card counter. When I accompany him to Vegas, he generally wins playing blackjack, although never huge amounts. So he [...]
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Posted on August 30, 2011 by doclotto | Filed Under Blackjack, blackjack basics, Strategy, Tips, Tournaments
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Blackjack cluster counting
The best way to be successful in the classic game of blackjack is doing your best to count the cards to give the best opportunity of predicting which cards will be dealt next. This is the best way to try and reduce the edge the house has over you, whether you are playing at a [...]
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Posted on July 14, 2011 by Thomas | Filed Under Blackjack, blackjack basics, Guide
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