From my last Vegas trip, I won $250 (took out $100 and kept making $20 bets)
So here are some good resources for learning…
Rules: http://casinobonusking.com/blackjack-bonus/top-10-blackjack-tips/index.php
App for practice: BlackJack Trainer 21: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/blackjack-trainer-21/id597239290?mt=8
YouTube Video: https://youtu.be/SWdPf21v5Ak
Also, some terminology and etiquette:
-place money on the table when exchanging for chips (and don’t have the dealer reach over)
-“color up” means to trade your smaller denomination chips for higher demonization chips (of equal value of course)
-don’t ever have the dealer reach over to grab the chips when you do “color up”
-if they hand you a red or yellow card (called a cut card), it is because the dealer wants you to cut the deck
-you can use the black jack matrix at the casino table (they encourage it… probably since the probability is in their favor)
Other misc. rules:
-insurance: if the dealer has an Ace, you can place an equivalent of half your bet on the insurance line
My rules:
Always hit when my total is below 11
Always stand when my total is 17 or above
Always hit when my total is 16 or below, and the dealer has 7, 8, 9, 10, ace
Always stand if the dealer has 6 or below, unless I have less than 13, then hit
Double when my total is 11
Double when the dealer has a 5
Don’t touch card with two hands (they will yell at you)
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My rules edited:
Always hit when my total is 11 and below (could double at 11)
Always stand when my total is 17 or above
when my total is 12 to 16
- and the dealer has 7, 8, 9, 10, ace, hit
- and the dealer has 6 or less
- —–if I have 13 or more, stand
- —–if I have less than 13, hit
Split with
Double when
- I have a total of 11
- The dealer has a 6
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-my total is 13
when my total is 12 to 16
-and the dealer has 7, 8, 9, 10, ace, hit
When my Titi
Double when my total is 11
Double when the dealer has a 5