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Make sure that you never wager more than 2% of your total blackjack bankroll on any one hand, no matter how favorable the playing conditions may appear. If your bankroll is only $500, you should be playing only at the $1 or $2 tables, and at appropriate times ranging your bets up to $10 as [...]

There is no need to factor in changes to your BS playing advantage every time you go from one casino to another. Minor variations will not affect the calculation of your bet size enough to worry about. The main consideration used by counters to determine their advantage at any given point in the game is [...]

According to proper BS, playing in two different casinos does not provide the player with identical advantages unless the house rules in both places are exactly the same. Obviously, all other factors being equal, you will not win as much playing in a game with very restrictive rules as in one with more liberal options. [...]

The Table
A typical blackjack table layout is shown below.
The Cards
Standard poker-sized playing cards are used. Finding a game played with just one deck, however, is getting more difficult these days. Some casinos offer double-deck games, and you are usually better off to play there after familiarizing yourself with the “face-down” procedures that are normally used [...]

Originally, the rules of blackjack were as varied as the individual casinos that first offered the game. Over the years, as players became more knowledgeable and demanded more consistent and favorable playing odds, the rules as outlined below became generally accepted. These have emerged as the most widely offered rules of the present day, but [...]