Most casino games are guessing games. When it comes to blackjack this is false, there is a strategy when it comes to this game. With a mathematically optimal strategy, it will maximize your wins and lessen your losses.

To understand basic strategy, you have to start thinking like a professional gambler, which means you have to understand the concept of “blackjack odds.” A professional gambler makes his or her living by always thinking in terms of odds and only betting when the odds are favorable. If you make decisions based on hunches, you may win some hands, but more often than not you will loose in the long run. There is only one correct decision for any given play, and that decision is based solely on the math.

When it comes to basic strategy here’s and example; when my hand totals 14, and the dealer shows a 10 upcard, blackjack strategy says to hit. Mathematically that is the correct play. Sometimes if you will hit that 14 and draw an 8, 9, or 10 and bust. Then the dealer will turn over his hole card, a 6, and you will realize that if you would have stood on your 14, the dealer would have had to hit his total of 16, and he would have busted with that 10. So, making the “mathematically correct” play, you lost a hind you would have won if you had violated basic strategy. As you can see, you may lose if you take a hit, but odds are against you if you take a stand.

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