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Essential Tips On Playing Blackjack Online

• Perhaps the most important tip that I can give you all my friends is to STICK to Blackjack Basic Strategy no matter how many hands you seem to lose in a row. As I mentioned BEFORE Basic Strategy will curb your loses and give you the best possible advantage. Statistically, you stand to lose about 2% off every bet due to improper play. Using Blackjack Basic Strategy will bring the house edge down to below 1% which is the best advantage you can get from any online casino or land based casino.

• Remember to monitor the amount of time you are spending at a Blackjack table. If your at a land based casino, always sit at crowded tables so that you play fewer hands and have the time to compose yourself so that you don't lose your bankroll in a flash. If playing online, always remember to constantly look at your taskbar and monitor how much time your spending and remember not to rush into any bet.

• Remember not to lose your cool or give into peer pressure if your around friends, do not give into risky hit's, if basic strategy calls for a stand, then by all means, stand. Trust me, a calculated winner is a bigger man than a muppet who gives into peer pressure and wipes out his bankroll.

• NEVER, EVER try to win back your losses. Please remember this, It is a natural instinct to try to reclaim your losses and increase your bet amounts when you hit a losing streak. The result, the losing streak will continue and your bankroll will be wiped out. My Advice, do the opposite, increase your bet amounts only if the situation is right. Chances are that you will be on a winning streak and will be able to milk serious amounts of cash for the blackjack table.

• ALWAYS look for a table which stipulates that the dealer MUST Hit on all 17's. Stay clear of blackjack tables that stipulate that the Dealer can hit on Soft 17's. This increases the House Advantage significantly.

 

More Essential Tips On Playing Blackjack Online

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  ONCE AGAIN, I will stress the importance of adhering to Basic Strategy even though it may go against your instincts, one such example to highlight this is when a dealer is showing a 2 up card, chances are that the dealer will bust. So according to basic strategy, you could win even with a very modest total of 13. STICK TO BASIC STRATEGY.

• An appropriate bankroll to start off with is 40 times your usual bet amounts. This combined with a reasonable time limit you set yourself is the key to winning at online blackjack.

• Never split '10' value cards. This means your total is 20 and you should not even consider splitting them.

• Never split two fives. Your total is 10 already so the best strategy is to 'Double Down' which puts you in a better position to get a really good hand. If you split two fives and get two 10's you end up with 2 very bad hands worth 15 each. See my point?

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  Always split two eights. This is one of the worst totals in blackjack, so by splitting you have a very good chance of getting at least one good hand. All the better if you draw two 10's giving you two 18's which is far better than a 16.

• Always Double Down if.....

  Your total is 11 even if the dealer shows you an ace

  • Your total is 10 if the dealer shows less than 10

  • Your total is 9 and the dealer is showing two to eight

 

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