Month: May 2010

New Blackjack Variation: Switch

All right, blackjack players, we have another blackjack variation on our hands. Or on our tables actually. So far this one seems to be limited to brick and mortar casinos, and has not made the jump to online blackjack

Do You Really Know What Insurance is?

When it comes to insurance for our cars and homes we sometimes feel as if we are being ripped off. We tend to groan and take a grudging feeling towards it. We have to pay and pay and pay.

And yet a good many blackjack players do not have an issue insuring their hands in a game of blackjack.

As a player you will come across insurance no matter where you play blackjack. If you play blackjack online you will find it. If you play in a brick and mortar casino you will still find it. It is the casinos

What Basic Strategy is and What it Isn

Every now and then the time comes when I need to clarify some things about basic strategy. It amazes me that as easy as this strategy is, it is constantly misunderstood or misrepresented. And then it all has to be all untangled again.

Let

New Multiplayer for Online Blackjack

I actually heard tell of something new that might be coming down the road for those who like their blackjack online.

Online blackjack tries to capture the essence of the game and make it easily accessible through online casinos. But there is one aspect that they have not yet been able to duplicate.

In a brick and mortar casino, blackjack players can sit at the same table, and while they are all trying to beat the dealer, they talk amongst themselves. This makes blackjack one of the few social casino games in which players can interact without competing with each other. Unfortunately online blackjack hasn