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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.

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.

Detroits Daily has a great article on why Blackjack Strategies tilt the table in your favor. It is a great inspiring article to freshen up on your blackjack strategies.

Max had been to a seminar I’d given years ago, and decided to renew old acquaintances recently via telephone.

“I remember you saying that you played everything to keep current on games, but that your main games were blackjack and video poker, right?”

Yes, I told him, I enjoy the games where skill makes the greatest difference. So I’ll try out the latest and greatest slots, and I’ll play a few hands of many new table games. But when I’m playing for fun and profit rather than for a column, magazine article or book research, I stick to blackjack and video poker.

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I have begun to get addicted to playing Blackjack on Facebook. It offers a great FREE way to practice blackjack without feeling like Im really playing. Which is great for me when I am trying to blow an afternoon when I should be working.

Blackjack on facebook is a great way for beginners to get a feel for the game.

There is often debate about the history of blackjack and why it is such a popular game. In reality I believe it is because it is such an easy game to play and learn. Here is some more indepth analysis on the history of blackjack.

Blackjack originated from France during the 1700’s, which eventually made its way to the United States in the 1800’s. At first however, blackjack was not a popular card game compared to other popular card games of the time.

Roger Baldwin had published his strategy of the game blackjack in 1956. His theory stated that the game of blackjack can be easily won with some mathematical strategies applied to the game. Other ideas that Roger Baldwin was able to deploy in his paper were the use of statistics, calculators, and probability in the game of blackjack. His research paper was approximately ten pages long. Baldwin is best known for changing the way blackjack is played today.

I stumbled on to a great blackjack resource today over on Pagat.com it offers a great introduction to the game of blackjack as well as some indepth research.

Blackjack is a popular American casino game, now found throughout the world. It is a banking game in which the aim of the player is to achieve a hand whose points total nearer to 21 than the banker’s hand, but without exceeding 21.

In Nevada casinos the game is generally known 21 rather than Blackjack, and the holding of an ace with a 10-point card is called a “natural”.

Confusingly, the name Black Jack is used in Britain for an entirely different card game which is essentially the same as Crazy Eights.

The following outline explains the basic rules of standard blackjack (21), along with the house rules most commonly featured in casinos. Players should bear in mind, though, that blackjack rules vary from casino to casino, and check for local variations before playing.

Blackjack also known as Twenty-one is the most widely played casino banking game in the world. Part of what makes Blackjack so appealing is the thrill seeking chance that maybe you can outsmart the house and achieve success by counting cards.