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[DarienA]

Strategy? Sure.

Before you go in the casino set aside the amt of money you are prepared to lose. If/when you go past that point leave.. DON'T get caught in that mentality of just a few bucks more, just a few hands more, just a full pulls of the slot more.

Set your $$ limit and stick to it.

 

[ChumsGum]

Vary your bets. I almost exclusively play Blackjack and Roulette; after losing I up my bet and after winning I bet the minimum. I won $150 in 20 minutes last weekend in Vegas.

 

[Cubsfan23]

Well i was down $120 on Blackjack on Friday, and finally broke even on my 5th table. I think I'm going to start exclusively playing on 3rd base, it makes me pay more attention to what cards have been played. A pattern I've noticed is that on the last hand of a shue, face cards usually come up when you hit, so I double down if plausible, even when the dealer has a face card

 

[Deleted member 1235]

Can someone explain why splitting 10s is a bad idea?

Thats where you are given 2 10 cards and you split them and run them as 2 seperate hands, correct? Isn't that the best time to do it?

 

[Mister Zimbu]

Can someone explain why splitting 10s is a bad idea?

Thats where you are given 2 10 cards and you split them and run them as 2 seperate hands, correct? Isn't that the best time to do it?

20 is more or less a made hand. I'd say you'd have about a 60% chance to get a card you want on each hand. That's about a 36% to get something you want on both hands. If you're doubling your bet, you'd want at least a 50% chance to improve.

On a dealer 6 is the only time I'd consider splitting 10's, and I'm not even sure if I'd be right to do it then.

I play poker, not blackjack .

 

[Trakball]

The southern California indian casinos are RAPING me, but I love 'em! Still wanna go to Vegas soon, though.

 

[Vormund]

Strategy? Sure.

Before you go in the casino set aside the amt of money you are prepared to lose. If/when you go past that point leave.. DON'T get caught in that mentality of just a few bucks more, just a few hands more, just a full pulls of the slot more.

Set your $$ limit and stick to it.

Also if you win before hitting your limit, the winning doesn't push up the limit.

 

[WasabiKing]

Also if you win before hitting your limit, the winning doesn't push up the limit.

haha, NO KIDDING. My buddy has that bad habit, and SHOCK AND AWE, he comes home empty handed

 

[DDayton]

I like my money too much to gamble...

That being said, I've considered going off to play a hand or two of real poker -- which, in my opinion, is really the only gambling game with decent odds.

 

[iapetus]

Vary your bets. I almost exclusively play Blackjack and Roulette; after losing I up my bet and after winning I bet the minimum. I won $150 in 20 minutes last weekend in Vegas.

Yup. Because a Martingale always works.

(provided you have an infinite amount of money to start with...)

 

[Cubsfan23]

I tried my first real-life counting play in blackjack today (on a $5 table, so 30 units) won $150. There will be lots of profit in my future

here's a good forum to learn a lot of methods www.hitorstand.net/forum