Blackjack, both online blackjack and land-based blackjack, is a game of skill. This means that you as a player can influence the odds. You can change them. Or you can really mess them up.
Obviously the first thing you do is pick up a basic strategy chart. And while it
Even with basic strategy on their side, there are many blackjack players that misplay soft hands. It seems so easy, I mean, the chart is right there either next to them on the table or pulled up in another window on the computer. If that
Ever heard of a blackjack game in which the dealer doesn
I haven
There seems to be some confusion amongst the ranks of novice blackjack players. While some pairs should only be split depending on what the dealer
While it
Insurance is a much debated play in blackjack. To take it or not? And the school of thought seems to be split pretty evenly, with one side believing that if they have blackjack and they take insurance that they are guaranteed even money, odds aside.
What insurance really is, is a side bet on whether the dealer
So now that we
In light of my post from yesterday on a betting strategy that works, I got to thinking about blackjack strategy. I
Plays made against a dealer