Tournament Strategies
After receiving pocket cards, you are immediately faced with a choice: play your cards and either raise or call the blinds, or fold.
Practice Matters
Blackjack, eh?
Blackjack, eh? Admit it. Casinos exist only because in every game there is a house advantage. Otherwise casinos couldn’t operate. They wouldn’t be able to turn a profit. After all, they are businesses. But, there is one game that stands out from the rest, one game in which a combination of wit, intuition and mathematical strategy can reduce the house’s advantage quite substantially. This game is Blackjack. In fact, some players have seen these odds to be reduced so greatly that they view Blackjack as an investment. These are professional players, and certainly some of the greats have lead many of us to believe they are right. This is made evident from great financial gains they have received while playing Blackjack.
Because of the nature of the game
Because of the nature of the game Blackjack has attracted much interest from mathematicians, statisticians, and game theorists. In the mid-20th century, card counting was used as a sure-fire way to track statistical chances of winning. Theoretically, this was intended to alert the shrewd player when to bet high or low thereby cutting their losses: high cards (9 and above) advantage the player and low cards the dealer.