Tips on Black Jack

Basic Strategy in Winning At Black Jack

The first step to winning at blackjack is learning basic strategy. Knowing what to do in any situation will increase your chances of making money dramatically.

You can increase your odds by 5-10% by learning basic strategy. That doesn't sound like much you say? Well if you are betting $10 a hand and play for an hour you may receive as many as 100 hands. If you play perfect basic strategy you will on the average lose $10 over that hour (100 hands x $10 x 1%) If you play hunches you will lose an average of $50 over that same hour. Basic strategy however will change depending on the casino rules.

Just as stores prices will vary on the same item, casino's rules will be different. Some will offer single deck while others only offer shoes. In many locations throughout the United States you are limited by the number of casinos to chose from. But if you go to Las Vegas or Reno you might as well shop around for the best rules. Why play crappy rules when you can walk next door and have an advantage. Some places even give you a slight edge off the top.

Using a baseline of single deck, double down on first two cards only, one card of split aces, dealer stands on soft 17, no surrender which gives you a edge of -.02% (for every one hundred dollars you bet you will win $49.98 and lose $50.02 ), add the following rules to come up with your local house edge.

GOOD RULES FOR YOU!

THE BAD RULES FOR YOU!

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