10 Tips On How to Increase Your Odds of Winning at Blackjack
BLACKJACK TIP #1. PLAY ONLY GAMES WITH LIBERAL PLAYING RULES Scout the blackjack tables to find the most liberal playing rules. Play only on tables where a blackjack pays 3-2 (and avoid all games where the payoff is 6 to 5 blackjack, or worse, even money). Other liberal rules are the dealer stands on soft 17, players can double down on any two cards, and doubling after pair splitting is allowed. (If surrender is offered, better yet.) Fewer decks are better than more decks. This means a single- or double-deck game has better odds for a player than a six- or eight-deck game (assuming the same rules). BLACKJACK TIP #2. LEARN THE BASIC PLAYING STRATEGY Blackjack is not a guessing game where sometimes you hit your 16 against a dealer ten upcard whereas other times you stand. Brilliant mathematicians have been studying the game of blackjack for over 60 years and what they have proven without a doubt is that there is an optimal way to play every hand dealt to you. This optimal blac