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Keep your emotions under control. The dealer is only
the messenger of fate. Don’t take you’re losses
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Always remember you can win. You didn’t bring
$100 to a casino to play with and lose. If you are losing
at a particular table, set a three-losses-and-you-move
routine. |
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Focus on the dealer and his up card, not your neighbor’s
cards. If other players at the table are upsetting you
with their playing strategies, you can move. |
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Drinking and gambling do not mix. Players have been
known to lose thousands waiting for their free drink.
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You must have discipline, so set loss limits and win
goals. |
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Only bet what you can afford to lose. Rent, car payments
and other day-to-day expenses have no place in a casino. |
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Even the small blackjack player deserves to be rewarded
for her play. There is nothing wrong with asking for a
free breakfast, lunch or something smaller like a deck
of cards or a pair of dice. But since pit personnel are
most likely not tracking your play, you will need to ask. |
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Most players don’t even consider the rules before
they sit down and play. If you don’t know the rules
or any of the playing strategies of blackjack, learn the
game on a 25-cent video blackjack machine. A five-dollar
blackjack game should not be your classroom. |
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When you feel tired, it’s time to call it quits,
or at least take a break and rest for an hour or two. |
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Compared to a single deck, a two-deck game handicaps
your play -0.35%, four decks, -0.48%, six decks, -0.54%
and eight decks -0.58%.
As you can see, it is always to your advantage to play
on a game that offers the fewest decks. Also note, the
house edge goes up substantially when you go from one
deck to two, but the change is less dramatic as you add
more decks. How much is this costing you in dollars and
cents?
If you were to play 100 hands per hour at $5 per hand,
each -0.1% would cost you approximately 50¢ per hour.
Playing on a game with two decks versus one deck will
cost you $1.75 per hour, with each additional deck costing
you increasingly more. |
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