Blackjack Tips and Insights

Most beginner blackjack players are too risky.  They won’t stop asking for cards unless they get to 20 or 21.  But really, the key for a beginner blackjack player is to learn how to play conservatively.

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A recent study found out some interesting details about online gambling vs real world casino gambling.

First, they found that people who gamble online think they are more in control of their gambling than people who gamble in casinos.

Second, online gamblers like the privacy they get when gambling from their computers at home, as opposed to the excitement that on-site gamblers get from crowded casinos, such as the ones in Las Vegas.

Third, the online gamblers tend to gamble longer than casino gamblers, probably making up for the lack of excitement found at home, when compared to casinos, by taking more time in their gambling experiences.

In addition, online gamblers were found to be more aggressive in their gambling behaviors than casino gamblers.

I personally think it is much easier to mask your weakness, and keep your so called poker face on when you are sitting in front of your computer than it is when you are sitting in front of your casino dealers.

I believe this is also true of online and offline work situations it is much easier to sit in front of your computer and deflect your boss than go into the office and deflect your boss´questions.

I guess its possible as an online gambler you may find more success utilizing your strategies if you stick to them and keep at it then if you would had you stepped inside a casino.

I just read an amazing article on ‘back end’ of the movie 21. Card counting MIT geniuses organized by a brilliant master. This is how you win at blackjack by staying organized, staying cool and driving toward your goal of walking away with the most money and remaining the coolest.

If we can do this we can rake in the house. The key thing is getting organized,retaining data, and sticking with your strategy. If we get away from our strategy we will all lose to the house.

This is the same in the real world as well. I firmly believe getting and staying organized is the key in winning in the real world and at the blackjack table.

One of the things about blackjack and gambling in general is its easy to play stupid. Especially if you have had a hot hand recently. The key thing is to ignore whatever streak you are on and play smart. Don’t push your luck just because you have won a bunch of hands in a row. Stick to playing smart, conservative yet successful hands rather than betting a larger amount all at once.

If you walk into the casino planning to play with 1000 dollars dont drop it all at once but spread it out with 25 dollar hands over the course of the day. This insulates you from losing patterns and getting on a negative dumb streak and helps guard you from heavy losses.

Remember gambling is about fun, and strategy. No need to go being stupid and getting hurt.

The other afternoon i was in the hunt for anything to help me out of my blackjack slump. So i ordered this book on Amazon. I was looking for something in the mode of Blackjack For Dummies, which does not exist by the way. Instead I found a few other books that would suit just as well. I actually ordered them which is something I normally resist. Reading offline about Blackjack. But at this point my losing streak is deep so I need to find some new strategies to get out of this slump.

Here is one of the titles I was looking at:

Blackjack Blueprint, this book seems to educate you on strategies that the pros employ. But at a part time learning curve.

I went ahead and ordered this one. Will review it here in the weeks to come to give you a better idea of if I am going to be able to pull out of this losing streak.

Atleast my Denver Broncos won today! A bright spot in my gambling world.

PokerNews has a great article on Ten Reasons To Play Blackjack Online: I personally have started to play too much online blackjack. I wholeheartedly agree with all of the points in the article with the exception of the Single Deck giving the advantage to the casino. I personally think blackjack is not all about counting, and following the deck but has more to do with personal luck and knowing when to hold. Something of which I have never fully master.

1. Playing Blackjack Online allows you to play with a single deck, an option live casinos rarely offer. This is because the edge of the casino is almost nullified with a single deck, so you increase your chances of taking home more winnings. Mansion Casino is an example of where you can play single-deck Blackjack.

2. Online Casinos offer better pay-out rates of 3:2 as opposed to 6:5 in some live casinos on average. Not only that, but some Online Casinos such as PartyCasino offer special promotions where Blackjack is payed out at a rate of 2:1, letting you win even more!

3. Blackjack games at Online Casinos are played out much faster than regular games at live Casinos. For instance, at a regular casino on a full table, you may be lucky to play 25 hands in an hour. At Vegas Red Casino you should be able to play 100 hands an hour, letting you play up to four times as many hands in the same amount of time!

4. You don’t have to worry about travel, being able to play at your favourite Online Casino in the luxury of your own home.

5. Online Casinos always have a table free, allowing you to sit down and start playing Blackjack immediately.

6. There is more variety with playing limits, with Online Casinos like 32Vegas Casino offering a minimum bet of just $1, unlike most land-based casinos which have minimum bets of $5 or even higher.

7. There is no point in card-counting or shuffle-tracking online, so you can focus on the basic strategy that will win you the most money.

8. Playing online allows you to avoid the criticism and insults of other players.

9. With 24/7 access to Online Casinos such as Bodog Casino, you don’t have to wait for them to open and you can gamble 24/7/365 unlike some land-based casinos which close for public holidays.

10. There are hundreds of sign-up bonuses to choose from, such as InterCasino which offers a 100% up to $90 Welcome Bonus for Blackjack.

I found a great tutorial on which blackjack games are the ones to actually play in the casinos. I actually jumped in and learned a bunch doing this research.

At any casino you walk into, the blackjack games will look about the same. But when it comes down to the nuts and bolts, each casino has its own little personalized set of sub-rules. How many decks do they use? Can you double down after splits? Does the dealer stand or hit on soft 17? Can you re-split a pair of Aces if you catch a third Ace? Do they allow Surrender?

It’s generally said that the house has a ½% advantage over a perfect basic strategy player at blackjack, but this is just a rule of thumb. Actually, it can vary from about 0.20% to 0.75% for standard blackjack games, depending upon the exact rules in force.

If you’re a bad player, it won’t matter that much which game you play because you’ll be giving away a couple full extra percentage points to the house on top of their basic ½% advantage anyway. But if you know your correct basic plays, your actual net disadvantage can cut up to half of that away if you stick to the good games. For a $25 bettor who plays once a week for three hours per session, that’s likely to make a $1000 difference at the end of the year. Let’s review the blackjack games you might run into at your local casino.

In West Virginia Blackjack and other table games are making an impact at the TriState Racetrack and Gaming Facility which could lead to expansion at other West Virginia facilities.

Businesses near the Tri-State Racetrack and Gaming Center in Kanawha County say they’re seeing the impact of table games.

The center is set to offer Blackjack, Roulette and other games next month.

Employees at La Roca restaurant located right next to the track say they have noticed a 50 percent increase in business since poker opened.

Local hotels haven’t seen as much increase in business yet but they’re hoping more visitors will come more often with the additional games.

“We hope to see them more often,” said Comfort Inn General Manager Cindy Bagwell. “They are just as excited as we are about the impact that its going to have.”

The track is planning two charity practice nights before officially launching the new games.

If you are looking to play blackjack games on your Ipod or iPod touch than you are in luck. Spin3 is unveiling games that are play for real not just virtual games.

Leading full service mobile gambling solutions provider , powered by Microgaming, the world’s largest online gaming software provider, has announced the launch of the first commercially available play-for-real casino games made especially for the iPhone mobile digital device.
Spin3 is developing its portfolio of mobile casino games specifically for Apple’s iPhone in effort to provide its operators with the necessary tools to capture the lion’s share of the mobile casino market. Spin3’s leading casino games, Blackjack and Tomb Raider(TM), are now available on the iPhone and the iPod touch mobile digital devices. In addition, the Major Millions(TM) progressive slot game, which recently soared near the GBP 1 million mark, will debut in the new iPhone format later this month at the European i-Gaming Congress and Expo (EiG) in Barcelona.

I stumbled upon a great website today. It is called The Blackjack Encyclopedia, it offers insights on the world of blackjack from online blackjack,to rules, to just about everything you could ever want to know including special offers from online casinos. The strategy library is a place i have spent hours learning new insights into the world of blackjack.