Blackjack Strategy

Russ Hamilton is definitely one of the more interesting figures in blackjack history because he’s both a successful blackjack and poker player. In fact, it was the latter that got Hamilton started playing cards in the first place…

To use the basic strategy look up your hand along the left vertical edge and the dealer s up card along the top. In both cases an A stands for ace. From top to bottom are the hard totals, soft totals, and splittable hands. The splittable…

Caribbean Stud Poker On of the most popular casino poker games worldwide is Caribbean Poker, or Caribbean Stud Poker. There are a couple major differences from a standard poker game, though. First, players play against the house - not each other. Players also get all five cards at once rather than in…

The blackjack tables have been the setting of some of gambling’s most historic losing streaks. We love to hear about a big winner. In 2011 Don Johnson captured the gambling world’s attention by winning $15 million at Atlantic City blackjack tables over a span of six months. His fantastic run included…

Phil Ivey and Cheung Sun brought edge sorting to the attention of millions when Ivey admitted he edge sorted at Crockfords Casino in London in 2012. As you surely know, in October, 2014, Ivey lost his lawsuit to recoup his $12M in winnings from Crockfords. Subsequently, Ivey was sued by the Borgota casino…

The Blackjack table is typically semi-circular in shape. The dealer stands behind the straight side and the blackjack players sit or stand along the curved part of the table. The tables can usually host up to 7 players and each player will have a clearly marked area for their action. For example, there…

Blackjack is one of the best games to play in a casino, online or in the “real” world and the main reason for that is that in the long term it is the casino game that gives you one of the best chances of winning. Here we take a look at basic strategy, the tried, tested and proven blackjack strategy that…

We have put together a printable version of the classic blackjack strategy card. We suggest printing out this card and carrying it around with you in your wallet when you go to play blackjack. It s not easy to memorize every single move, so having a blackjack strategy card handy can save you from making…

Blackjacks Gentlemens Club in Elgin today. (E. Jason Wambsgans, Chicago Tribune) The father and son operators of a strip club in Elgin have been hit with federal tax and gambling charges for allegedly failing to report more than $4 million in income and operating an illegal Internet gambling business…

As we all know or should know, the house always has a statistical advantage of the player. But because blackjack has an element of choice this house edge can be adapted and worked on to reduce that advantage down as low as 0.50%. There are many people who believe and trust in the fact that blackjack…

The Parlay betting system is a positive progressive betting system for blackjack — that s a mouthful, isn t it? In order to explain the Parlay system, it s easy to break it down into its elements: 1) positive 2) progressive 3) betting system. Play Blackjack games with a bonus on your first deposit! WELCOME…

We have considered the general rules for hitting, standing, doubling and splitting at the basic blackjack strategy page. In this article we will try to reveal common secrets to help you memorize basic strategy charts so there is no need to take the card with you anymore. Here are the most common rules…