Blackjack is known
as a fun and easy game to learn and play. Just about everyone can
count to 21 and it only involves you and the dealer. Remember, the
other players at the table are on your side, not like in poker where
you are playing against each other. It is all of the players together
playing against the dealer.
In addition, in
just a few hours of reading a good blackjack book most players can
learn "Basic Strategy." This strategy is the best and most
correct way to hit, stand, double-down and split at blackjack.
Well, you say
you have learned all that, but you're still not ending all your sessions
with a profit. One thing you can look at is your betting program.
Are you flat betting, making the same wager each and every hand? Or
are you increasing the size of your bets as you win and reducing them
when you are losing?
As a card counter
I normally size my bets according to the "count." If the
count favors me, I bet more, but if the count is in favor of the house,
I wager less. However, sometimes when I'm getting ready to leave a
session, I stop counting and use my "Two-wins" strategy.
With this system I don't need to concentrate on the count at all.
What I want to do is simply win two hands in a row.
To explain it
simply, I'll use a small betting unit. You can use any unit size like
$5, $10, $25 or whatever level you are comfortable with, the unit
size is not important.
For this example
I'll use the five-dollar unit. The first thing is to start with a
bankroll of $50. This will allow you to place ten bets during the
session. Start by placing a $5 wager in your betting spot. If you
should lose the hand, again bet $5. If you win, again bet $5, but
this time add that five to the $10 that is waiting for you in the
betting spot from the previous winning hand.
Now your second
hand will have a $15 bet. If you win the hand, pull it all back ($30),
and again bet $5. All you are trying to do is win two hands in a row.
If you should lose the second bet, continue to bet $5 on the next
hand. Do this strategy until you have gone through your 10 $5 bets.
I've found using
this system, and only playing at the $5 level, that I can win a quick
$100 in a very short time, particularly when I find I'm a little "warm"
or the dealer is a little "cold."
Another important
item to remember is I can play this way without counting cards and
using basic strategy only. The bottom line is you are trying to win
only two hands in a row, not three, not four, only two.
Try this simple
betting system the next time you play blackjack in a casino. You might
just like it and maybe you'll find it to be profitable.