subject: Blackjack Basic Strategy - Staying Away From Your Gut Feel [print this page] Blackjack Basic Strategy - Staying Away From Your Gut Feel
By using the tips that follow we just want to make sure that you don't just throw money away and give the house an extra edge.You might think that it is another one of those dragged out conversations on how to manage your money, not to drink and other boring stuff, but that is not what this is about.
I would probably be right if I said that you are not here to for that old story again. The first thing we would like to urge you to never to is drawing for another card when you are already on a total of 16 as this is just suicidal.
If you draw for another card when you are on 16 you will just be giving your money away to the casino.So don't draw a card. Believe us, that gut feel you trust so much is totally wrong. This is not brain surgery and the most basic of ideas. If you knew it already, good if you didn't, glad to have helped.
That brings me to the blackjack basic strategy, which is everything but some silly strategy, which was thought up by someone with little or no knowledge of the game.The strategy I will be talking about was actually worked out as part of an experiment by some of the first computers with the goal to cut down the house edge to the very bone. If you use the strategy exactly you will be cutting down the hosue edge as much as humanly possible.
To gain an advantage over the casino by using this strategy is completely up to you.When using the blackjack basic strategy it works on the assumption that the dealer always stands on 17. This works that same in both regular land-based casinos as well as online casinos. There is a blackjack basic strategy chart that you will use when playing the game, which takes into account your hand as well as the dealer's hand.
You will base your reaction on your cards, the dealer's cards and what the chart suggests you do.You will cut down the house edge to an absolute minimum simply by following the suggestions set out on the chart.
