BLACKJACK ONLINE Find The Right Table When you first walk into a casino you should walk around the blackjack area, observing all the tables. Which tables have players who have smiles on their faces and chips in front of them? Thats a good sign. Which tables are exactly the opposite? Avoid them. What tables contain players that seem to be enjoying themselves? What tables contain friendly and talkative dealers? Although it doesn't make any mathematical sense, I have consistently found that happy players on a table with a friendly dealer are a good sign. Grab yourself a seat. Do you prefer playing one and one against a dealer? Then find yourself a dealer which is not currently dealing to anyone and then simply ask them, "How are you treating people tonight?" You will find more often than not, that a dealer will tell you if he/she has been hot or cold or somewhere in between. Trust me, if a dealer tells you that they have been hot you should avoid them. Don't Worry About Dumb Players After you learn basic strategy you will find yourself cringing and possibly getting angry whenever you are on a table where someone splits their 10s or makes some other basic strategy mistake. Don't worry about it. Seriously. Sometimes a fellow player will not hit his 16 against a dealers 10 and you wind up losing on your hand because of it. Other times that same mistake will work in your favor. The thing is, the mathematical nature of basic strategy works for you whether other people are playing the right way or not. I can't tell you how many times I have had a player next to me who refused to hit his/her 16 against a dealers 10. I then hit my 16 and receive a 5. Nuff said. Never Be Afraid Never, ever be afraid to take your hits. You have hit your hard 16s two times in a row and lost against a dealers up card of 10? So what? Next time you get a hard 16 against a 10, hit it again. Basic strategy works in the long run. Do not ever abandon it. I often see people afraid to take their hits. They lose in the long run. Here again, Nuff said. Tip The Dealer When You Are Winning Besides being a common courtesy, tipping a dealer that is dealing you winning hands can actually help you. Tipping can turn your dealer into an ally who is willing to help you. Help how? Lets say you are distracted and motion for a hit which you really don't want. A dealer who is on your side will always hesitate and ask you if you really want that hit. Other times a dealer may see their hole card. There have been several times when I have been sitting at a table, playing perfect basic strategy. Then I have a card combination which I need to hit. I motion for the hit and the dealer asks, "Are you sure you want to hit sir?" If this ever happens to you don't hit. Since you have been playing basic strategy and since the dealer recognizes this fact, the dealer in this case is telling you that he/she knows what the hole card is and because of that it would be in your best interests not to hit this particular hand. This will not happen very often, but it will occasionally. Take advantage of it. Think Positively Although it doesn't make any mathematical sense at all, in any area of life, I have learned one thing over and over again.If you think negatively, bad things will happen to you. Its the same way in blackjack. Thinking positively isn't going to make you an instant winner, but if you keep an emotional balance you won't lose your basic blackjack playing skills. Lets face it, if you think you are going to lose, why the Hell are you playing the game in the first place? Don't Continue Playing At A Table You Are Losing At This is just common sense, but many players, when confronted with a losing table, continue to play there, thinking their luck will change. Don't do it. Some dealers are simply hot and they will continue to be so. Don't let them take your money. Get up and move to another table. If you continue to lose at another table the gambling Gods are trying to tell you something. Go home! There will be another day to play blackjack.... Don't Make Side Bets Some tables you may play on will have available side bets. One such side bet is to wager on whether your first two cards will total 10 or more. Side bets are always created and used by casinos because they are sucker bets which will make the casino money. Don't be suckered into doing this. |
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