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May
03

Blackjack Tricks

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Because it is such a popular game, blackjack tables are usually the ones that are full almost every time. No other casino game manages to gain such popularity as blackjack. There are many Blackjack tricks and tips which can help you to improve your winnings. In the next sentences I will reveal you some of the rules and tricks that may become useful while playing. In the Blackjack game you need to overcome the dealer by drawing cards until the total value of your cards is 21 or close to this value without exceeding it.

Aces for example may have two values in the Blackjack game, 1 hard or 11 software, and the cards between 10 and K have the same value of 10. All the other cards have the same value that is written on them. If your hand is the same as the value of the dealer, then you can push, which means that the amount of money you’ve bet must be returned to you. The split is another tip to consider, while playing if you get a pair or two cards of the same value, then you can share them by placing a second bet of equal value. There are other Blackjack tricks which you can use during the game, like the possibility of doubling your stake at any moment of the game unless you’ve reached or passed 21. You can double a split hand and you can insurance your game if the dealer’s first hand is an ace. I hope this review will help you improve your blackjack skills.

May
02

Through years there have been many Famous blackjack players which managed to change the history of blackjack. During this review I will tell you about some of them. In the 60’s there was a mathematician called Edward Thorp who managed to discover the card counting technique. He went to a casino in Nevada with a friend and managed to triple their 10.000$ which they bet in the first place. This was kind of a historical moment for blackjack because the technique of card counting has been shown. The 70’s were for sure the years of Ken Uston an intelligent mathematician with a high IQ who attended the Yale University, and Taft Keith an electronics genius. With Ken’s knowledge of blackjack and with Keith’s intelligence they managed to create a computer which could play the ideal blackjack game.

The device was portable and they won on every casino they went to play. After a while they have been banned from almost all the casinos in the United States. Beside those mentioned above there were more Famous blackjack players like Wong Stanford a blackjack player who continued Edward’s “work“ during the 70’s and the 80’s. Wong was the first one who managed to win against the blackjack machines. Also “wonging“ is derived from his name and it refers to card counting. Another interesting case was that of the MIT students who managed to win millions of us dollars in some of Las Vegas casinos. The found a bug in the system which made it possible to beat.