Well, blackjack players, it seems that someone has come up with a new blackjack strategy. Something that its creator says is better than anything out there, including basic strategy.
Dr. Kevin Whitburn says that his new strategy for blackjack will actually give the edge to the player. To the tune of 1-6% in their favor. Sound too good to be true? Oh, yeah it does.
But the problem with this strategy is that he explains it in contradictions.
For example, Whitburn says that his blackjack strategy, cleverly called MOST, is based on math. But you don’t have to know math in order to use it. I’m not sure how you can use a math-based system but can avoid doing said math to make a strategy work.
Whitburn also claims that “What worked decades ago doesn’t work anymore.” The last time I checked blackjack hasn’t changed. I mean, hitting to more than 21 is still busting. And the value of a card is the same no matter who’s holding it.
This new strategy isn’t based on card counting or charts either. It apparently will tell you when to leave a blackjack table based on your chips.
What do chips tell you about how to play your blackjack hands out? Chips are just representations of your money. They do not tell you anything about the cards or how the dealer is playing. I mean think about it—chips are only holding the place of your money. They do not actually have a function in blackjack. This is why you can play blackjack without chips like when you play for fun. So how can something that’s not vital to the actual playing of blackjack be the key to a sounds-too-good-to-be-true strategy?
Whitburn also does not reveal what the letters in MOST stands for.
But he does admit that it’s pretty hard to prove a strategy in a gambling game. He even asks how it’s possible to recognize the signal that means you’re winning in a casino. And that is his response on how successful his blackjack strategy is in a casino.
But he does say that all such answers can be revealed if you read his ebook…which you, of course, have to pay for. But really would you trust someone who says this about his math-based strategy: “You don’t need to ‘get’ any of the math.’
I wouldn’t. To me, this seems like a guy looking to make a quick buck by creating what is actually a two-bit system for a game that he claims has changed since it was created. But blackjack hasn’t changed. It’s still blackjack. And I still say basic strategy all the way—that we know works and we don’t have to pay to use it.
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