THE ODDS -- EXPLAINED
Blackjack is a game of skill and experience, and this is where
you can master the skills it takes to beat the game.
The first thing to consider when playing online blackjack, as with
standard blackjack is: “How many decks of cards are being
used by the dealer?” This number can vary widely from 1 up
to 15 depending on your casino. Single deck games are harder to
find, but are obviously much easier to track by "charting"
cards as they are dealt.
As a result, online blackjack is far more advantageous to the player
because there is no dealer who can monitor you taking notes and
counting cards. While playing at an online casino with a charting
strategy, blackjack systems may be implemented.
Here is a sample chart for playing online blackjack with:
Card designations of “10”, such as, 10’s, Jacks,
Queen and King account for 16 of 52 cards. Roughly half way through
the deck, players may predict the dealers down card and wager accordingly.
This is an opportune time to wager heavily such as double downs
or taking one hit in exchange for doubling your wager. For instance,
if your hand is 12 and it is unlikely that the next card will be
a 10 designation, then double down.
Play conservatively during the last few hands so that you don’t
take yourself out of the game before the end of the deck. At this
time, the cards being dealt should be clear based on the checked
off cards from your chart. Wager heavily when you know you
have a great chance to win and conservatively when the house has
the advantage.
The single deck charting strategy may be used when playing multiple
deck games, but to a larger degree. The chart above may be expanded
for however many decks the dealer uses and the cards are charted
as they are dealt. Most online blackjack players use the same strategy
or system they use while playing at a land casino. This is the overwhelming
reason why online casinos win. Do not rush while playing online.
Play methodically and chart the cards as they are dealt. With multiple
deck blackjack, the rewards can be enormous, but the more decks
are used the more bankroll you will need in order to notice patterns.
Advanced Blackjack Strategy:
As with the double down strategy above, some hands will make or
break you. Don’t split 5’s and don’t split
10’s.
With 5s you are converting a hand that should be valued as a 10
and splitting it into two hands of 5 each. If you are dealt
a 7,8,9 or 10, you will have problems. When you have two 10 value
cards, you are asking for trouble by taking a nice hand of 20 and
doubling your bet and opening up the possibility of being dealt
2-7 value cards twice. This occurs quite frequently.
Your goal is to maximize your opportunities. You want to split
Aces. After splitting aces in most online casinos, you are allowed
only one card after you split. Ideally you would like a 10 value
for each hand.
If you do not split your Aces, you have a cumulative hand value
of 2. At this point, if you are dealt two 10-value cards in a row,
which is not unusual, you will bust. Secondarily, you want to maximize
your opportunities by turning a single wager into twice that amount.
Roulette Rules:
Roulette is one of the easiest games to understand and one of the
easiest to play. The roulette wheel consists of 37 or 38 numbered
slots which are 1 – 36, a zero and sometimes a double zero
as with American roulette. The roulette layout consists of
every individual number, as well as, a host of “outside”
bets which are combinations of numbers. After the players have wagered,
the dealer spins the wheel and after several seconds the ball will
land in one of the numbered slots.
The Numbers:
Advantage = [18/38 X 1] + [18/38 X (-1)] + [2/38 X (-0.5)]
= 1/38
= -0.0263 -> or house edge of 2.63%
Another well known strategy in roulette is to look for wheels that
don’t have a double zero called European roulette. European
roulette wheels lack a double zero, but American wheels always have
it. By definition the European wheel affords the player slightly
better odds.
An example of a chart that may be used to track wheel spin results
is shown below. As you can see the there are five columns. The first
column is used to track wheel spins, the second column tracks the
spin result. Columns C1, C2 and C3 are used to track columns 1,2
and 3 on the roulette table as you see shown to the right below.
As you can see from the tracking chart below, the first spin resulted
the ball landing on the number 4 on the table which is in column
1 (labeled C1 from the chart). Then spin 2 resulted in the ball
landing on 17 which is in column 2 (labeled C2 from the chart).
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