Archive for April, 2009

The Basic Strategy

April 17, 2009, Posted by Irfan at 9:23 pm

If you learn only one thing from this blog, the proper basic strategy (BS) is definitely what it should be. Knowing how to play every possible hand with the odds in your favor is unquestionably the single most important skill for any player to master. This ability alone allows you to at least break even, [...]

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Tournaments

April 17, 2009, Posted by Irfan at 9:22 pm

Annual full-fledged blackjack tournaments that involve a thousand or more players competing for prizes of $50,000 and up are not uncommon in Las Vegas. More popular, however, are the numerous mini-tournaments that are held daily. Practically every large casino now hosts these scaled-down attractions, which appeal to novice blackjack players and seasoned veterans alike. A [...]

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Special Variations

April 17, 2009, Posted by Irfan at 9:21 pm

Spanish 21
Perhaps the most reprehensible, if not truly heinous, variation of the game that has been foisted upon the unsuspecting blackjack public recently is the game billed by the Vegas Strip and downtown casinos alike as Spanish 21. The Lady Luck on Fremont Street even has the audacity to advertise “Over 99% Payback” for this [...]

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