Dealing with Your Luck
Dealing with situations that don’t go your way can be one of the hardest skills to learn in poker. If you play poker with any seriousness you know that it involves a lot of luck. No matter how many proper decisions we may make, that two outer still hits every now and then. But if...
Camouflage Betting
The easiest way for the house to detect a blackjack card counter is to watch their betting patterns. Counters have to elevate their bet when the count is in there favour, and lower them when the count is against them. This is no secret to the counters, and if they want to be successful...
BlackJack Table: Betting Spread
In blackjack, players who count cards look to take advantage of the cards that may be left in a deck. When they reach a count that is in their favour, they up their bet to win more money. There are also players who employ betting systems that use theory like doubling a bet after a...
21 or Blackjack?
For as long as most people can remember, this game has had two names. One place calls it blackjack and the next calls it 21. So is it called 21 or blackjack? And what’s the difference between the two? We decided to find out, and this is the why the game has two names. The game of...
Michael Dalton
One of the most unknown blackjack experts is Michael Dalton. He quietly lives with his wife in Florida and has published magazines and books on gambling since the early nineties. But gaming wasn’t his first vocation, and he has numerous degrees in Space Technology. He also worked...
Single Deck 6-5 Blackjack
The house is always trying to improve their edge over their patrons. It’s their business after all, that’s how they make money. It’s no secret that the game of blackjack has a low house edge – that’s its appeal – but Vegas casinos are trying to improve their edge through...
Griffin Investigations Company
The greatest force against blackjack card counters for the last 30 years has been the Griffin Investigations Company. Beverly and Robert Griffin founded the company in 1967 and were funded mainly by the gambling industry. This company was the leader in biometric algorithm security...
Single Level Card Counting
The single-level blackjack card-counting systems are for the beginner who has never counted cards before. These are the easiest systems to perform and for some they can be mastered in a short period of time. The strategy is simple; all cards two through six are assigned a value of...
Stopping Blackjack Card Counters
It’s well-known that casinos go to great lengths to combat card counters. So much so that counter-measures are often more costly than the potential losses the casino faces. But without some way to keep advantage players in check, counters would be as common as slot machines. This...
Land Based vs Online Blackjack
Now that blackjack is so readily available online, a trip to the casino for some action is not necessary. The two games can’t be that different, or can they? The reality is that the two games can be very different. I’ll outline the advantages of each game and you can decide for...