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Online Blackjack News - Bad Blackjack moves and Blackjack Tips
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Why do 99 percent of you are losers at blackjack -- when it is actually a beatable game? Here's why. Most blackjack players adapt their initial game plan from a basic strategy chart. That part's fine.
Then they mix in some plays from the other players in the trenches next to them. To this, they usually add some homespun behaviors based upon gambling folklore. By the time their done, they have a blackjack strategy that is guaranteed to lose -- and the casinos love them!
First and foremost, learn your basic strategy -- all of it. This is your foundation. Your game can't go anywhere good without it. That means hitting your 12s against a 3, hitting your soft 18s against a 9, 10 or Ace, and doubling that soft 18 against a 3, 4, 5 or 6 -- among other things.
Try to spend most of your playing time at casinos with the better rules. The dealer hitting soft 17 is bad. Being able to re-split your pair of Aces when you catch a third Ace is good. Surrender is good. The house edge can be twice as big if you're on the wrong side of all three of those rules, as opposed to being on the right side. Over time, it'll grind away at your chip stack.
Contrary to popular belief, 16 against a 10 should not always be hit. Anytime your 16 contains a 4 or a 5, such as with 9/4/3 or 8/5/3, you should actually stand -- but only against a 10. That's because you have fewer key hit cards to win with. It's analogous to drawing to your 7/8/9/10 in poker when you see that a couple of 6s and Jacks are dead. Not drawing becomes the right play -- so don't draw!
If basic strategy says to double down, it means you'll win that hand more often than you'll lose it. Yet, many players don't double down in scary, but correct doubling situations -- even though they'll take only one hit regardless of what card they catch. Some examples are when they have 9 against a 4, or Ace/6 against a 5. When you notice somebody just hitting these hands, offer to put up your own chips to double with. You'll be coming in with a known advantage.
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Blackjack2002 News Staff
| Sunday, 9 September 2007 |
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