Blackjack is a pretty simple game to learn how to play, but you can improve your chances of landing a win by making use of some time-tested blackjack strategies. Below, we are going to take you through three blackjack strategies that can increase your chances of winning when playing this highly popular table game. Please keep in mind that winning is something we can never guarantee and that you can still lose while making use of these strategies.
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Basic Blackjack Strategy
This strategy tells you the best way that you can play every hand that you are dealt. If you can master this strategy, then you can definitely take your blackjack online playing skills to the next level. We are now going to provide you with an example to show you why it is advantageous for you to learn this strategy.
Let us pretend that John and Adam love blackjack and both players will play 5,000 blackjack hands every year for the next 50 years. If they place an average wager of $10, then over that aforementioned time frame they will wager $2.5 million.
Adam does not make use of this basic blackjack strategy, so he will lose $50,000 when playing blackjack. On the other hand, John makes use of this strategy. Whenever he is not too sure about the best way to play a certain hand, he will resort to the basic strategy table that can easily be found online. By making use of this strategy, he will lose just $10,000 on average when playing blackjack over the course of 50 years, which means that he will be $40,000 richer than Adam.
Imagine it like this: if we were to pull you to one side and tell you that we will give you $40,000 to learn a blackjack strategy, we are pretty certain that you would decide to take us up on the offer.
Surrender Blackjack Strategy
When you are playing blackjack, you have the option of making a late or early surrender.
With an early surrender, you have the option of surrendering half of your wager before the dealer has checked their hand to see if they have blackjack. Since this can lower the house edge by up to 0.63%, there are many online casinos out there that do not offer their players the option of making an early surrender.
With a late surrender, you can only surrender half of your wager after the dealer has checked their hand to see if they have a blackjack. If they happen to have one, then you will lose all your stake. Many online casinos are happy to offer this option to their players as it only lowers the house odds by about 0.1%.
When it comes to the surrendering strategy, there is a table you can find on this with any good search engine. Just like with the table that we mentioned for the basic blackjack strategy, you just have to respond to your situation by doing what the table recommends.
Basic Card Counting Strategy
Card counting is something that has been going on for decades, although many new blackjack players believe that you need to be some kind of mathematical genius like Stephen Hawking in order to do it. However, that is not the case. Even if your math skills are poor, you can still learn to count cards and increase your chances of landing a win.
When you count cards, you have to give a value to every card. For cards that are numbered 2-6, you should give them a +1 value. For cards that are numbered 7-9, give them a 0 value. Assign any card that has a 10-A on it a value of -1.
Before the round is underway, the dealer will shuffle the cards. When the dealer deals, you should -1, +1, or do nothing according to the values on the cards that are drawn. If your running total at the end of the round is a positive value, then it is a sign that the cards left in the deck are small cards and you should lower your stake. If your running total at the end of the round is a negative number, then the cards that are left in the deck are large cards and you need to up your stake. To put it another way, you should less more whenever the count is positive and bet more whenever it is negative.
So, what does this do to the overall house edge? Well, blackjack usually has a house edge of 0.5%, but if you learn how to count cards properly, you can get a 1% advantage over the casino. Now, we know that this does not seem like an awful amount, but trust us when we say that it can make a huge difference.
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