Blackjack Solutions - Learn to play blackjack with the best strategy

Let's be careful out there playing blackjack

Call me Sarge. I can't use my real name because I'm a professional gambler. I'm on the road or online playing blackjack 300 days a year.
I created this website because I've read just about every ivory tower, how-to book on blackjack and I think it's time to hear from someone in the trenches.

I make a living playing blackjack, not at book signings.

Depend on the rabbit's foot if you will,
but remember it didn't work for the rabbit. ~R.E. Shay

Play and practice for free. See how.

In my travels I've noticed two main problems befuddling the normal player.

ONE: Playing Bad Blackjack Games.

Games that have a high house advantage. It is difficult to win if you first have to hurdle a high edge against you. In "Solution One" I give you an easy way to evaluate the game. Some are worth playing and some you have to pass. A beautiful woman wins big at the blackjack table

TWO: Not Playing Perfect Basic Strategy

This tells me that the existing methods of learning basic strategy are not effective.

In "Solution Two" I present a new and different way to learn Perfect Basic Blackjack Strategy.

Take a normal player who would select a poor game with a 1.0% house edge and play imperfect basic strategy. He ends up giving the house 3% or 4% and does not have a prayer.
With these methods you can select a game, play perfectly and give up 0.25%. You are playing so close to 50-50 that normal variance fluctuations will give you many winning sessions. With comps, coupons, cash backs and bonus money you can have hours of entertainment for much less than a dinner and movie.

Play and practice for free. See how.

The importance of basic strategy cannot be overestimated.

Mathematicians worked tirelessly in the 1950's and ran billion hand computer simulations in the 1960's to arrive at the optimum decision matrix. Given any hand against a dealer upcard they asked what decision makes the most money or in some cases loses the least amount. Maximize wins and minimize losses. Hence basic strategy was born. Any deviation in the long run will cost you money.

Let me give you some examples:

16 vs dealer 6

Standing wins 42%	Hitting wins 31%
Standing is better by 11%

14 vs dealer 9

Standing wins 24%	Hitting wins 29%
Hitting is better by 5%
(The percentages don't add up to 100 because of ties)

Computations for splitting and doubling down are more complicated because of twice the amount bet but you arrive at similar and obvious choices. Basic strategy is now a generic formula in the gambling business. Every professional gambler knows it perfectly.

It is the key to winning Blackjack.

Now get to work.

If you ain't just a little scared when you enter a casino,
you are either very rich or you haven't studied the games enough. ~VP Pappy

Is It Legal?

Online gambling and poker are legal in most countries. In the U.S., the current administration is very hostile to online gambling and poker. However, though the Congress recently passed a law that may make transferring funds to and from online casinos and poker rooms less convenient for a few weeks, it did not pass a law that makes playing in online casinos and poker rooms illegal in the U.S.

Best Deposit Methods for Online Casinos and Poker Rooms, for U.S. Players and Others

Online casinos and poker rooms are adding payment and withdrawal options rapidly. (Check our Microgaming, Playtech and Cryptologic casino listings, updated daily, to see which options are accepted where.

Credit, Debit Cards and Anonymous Gift Cards

Credit cards or prepaid debit cards are usually an option for making deposits online. Players from the U.S., Canada, Japan and Australia, among other countries, may not be able to use credit cards issued by all banks in their own countries. But there are simple ways for such players to get credit cards that they can usually use for deposits in any online casino or poker room.
One way to get a credit or debit card that you can use for deposits at online casinos and poker rooms is to buy a gift card, such as Gift2go, at your local drug store or department store. You then open an online account to fund the card. (Note: Gift2go, like many other gift card and debit card providers, has a policy that U.S. residents may not use their cards at online gambling merchants. So, any player who opens an account using a U.S. address, or who opens or logs into a Gift2go account from a U.S. IP address, will be blocked from using the card at online casinos and poker rooms.)
Another way to get a credit or debit card that you can use for online gaming deposits is to open a foreign bank account at a bank that will issue the type of card you need. See our section below on offshore banking for our recommendations on the best European banks and types of accounts for your needs.
And you can also get a Visa debit card that you can use for deposits at online casinos and poker rooms by opening an account at Epassporte. Note: Epassporte wasn't working for online casino deposits about a month ago, but we've received reports that it has been working again lately

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