Decks Blackjack can be played with any number of decks. As the number of decks increase, the game becomes better for the house (casino). In the old days, the game was single-deck Blackjack. Eventually, casinos figured out that they could improve their odds by adding one more deck. Today, single-deck Blackjack in the real world [...]

Blackjack before 1962: Before publication of the classic book “Beat The Dealer” by Edward O. Thorp in 1962 no single player had ever suspected of such a thing as the Basic Strategy. Everyone used one’s own mixture of superstitions concerning the way in which one or the other hand had to play. Plus, some experience [...]

The big advantage to a soft hand is that you can take hits with less risk of busing. But that doesn’t mean you can be carefree about how you play your hand. Take a look at the dealers’ showing card and play your cards as follows: If you have an ace with an 8 or [...]

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After receiving his initial two cards, the player has four standard options: he can “Hit,” “Stand,” “Double Down,” or “Split a pair.” Hit means to take another card. Stand(stay) means to take no more cards. Double down means on his first two cards, the player may “double down,” double his bet and receive only one [...]

Panoramic Blackjack, no matter how you look at it, is exactly the game you would expect, in that it does not deliver any surprises, neither good nor bad. Called the 1.0 version, it was created for Windows Mobile Professional classic devices and it offers a small, but consistent, variety of experiences. Actually, what it really [...]

Money Techniques is how you handle your money in a particular blackjack session. Betting strategies tell you when you should bet your minimum bet or maximum bet or somewhere in between. Money management has more to do with when you walk away from the table, as it relates to how much you’ve won or lost [...]

Blackjack mistake can cost you a lot of money over the years. Learning your own blackjack mistake and taking steps to improve the weakest parts of your blackjack game are important, if you want to become an advantage. You need to know the correct card counting principles, but if some weakness in your game keeps [...]

A card counter does not need to be a mathematics whiz to be successful at the art. Values usually take the form of +1, -1 or 0. In the Hi Lo system any card which ranges from 2 to 6 is counted as +1, cards 7 through 9 are zero, and tens through aces are [...]

The game of blackjack favors the dealer; if both you and the dealer bust you lose. Still many people win money at the 21 tables. The other mistake players make when a possible dealer’s Blackjack rears its ugly head is insurance. In the long run insurance is definitely not worth it, but one of the [...]