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Tip
1: Casino Orientation
When
you walk onto the casino floor to begin your gambling session, it is important
to keep your perspective. The
flashing lights, the cornucopia of colors and the incessant sound of the slot
machines mesmerize many gamblers. This
is what the casinos want. Don’t
fall for it. Stay cool and keep a
clear head. Walk
around the casino floor for five or 10 minutes before sitting down to play.
Mentally review your objectives for this gambling session while you
observe the games and the gamblers. Tip
2: Table Selection For
most gamblers, this is an ad hoc decision.
They choose the first table they come to with an open seat or space and
which offers a minimum bet they are comfortable with.
But the table selection decision is an important factor in your chances
of ending up a winner in this session. I
recommend reading and studying and using the tips below.
Our
TARGET 21 Winning Blackjack Course contains 21 logical factors that point to
winning tables. The most important
of these is evidence of the players winning like stacks of chips in front of
them. For
example if you’re evaluating a $5 minimum game for table entry and notice
players’ chip stacks that appear to exceed the average buy-in of $100, this is
a good sign if you estimate the majority of players to exceed the average
buy-in. Another
good sign is a majority of players betting more than the table minimum bet. Most
players increase their bet when they are winning. This winning activity is created by the non-random shuffle, which engenders winning cycles for both the players and the dealer. Tip
3: Table Entry Picture
yourself sauntering through the blackjack pits casually observing the tables,
the players and the chips on the table. All
of a sudden you notice a table with multiple stacks of chips in front of the
players, everyone betting in multiple units, players tipping the dealer, the
dealer’s chip rack with a lot of open space, and the players applauding a
dealer breaking hand. What
do you do? Run, do not walk, and
grab any open seat at this table. You
are probably entering the best of all games – a Dealer-breaking Table! Although
these tables occur infrequently, you should always be on the lookout for them.
In normal games, the dealers will break about 28% of the time.
In Dealer-breaking tables, I have seen dealers break 50 to 75% of the
hands throughout the entire shoe. These
games are called “dumping tables” by casino personnel and for good reason
– the dealer is dumping chips to the players! Perhaps
you have experienced the pleasure of playing in “home run” tables like this
one. The clue when searching for
these winning games is CHIPS: chips
in front of the players, in the betting circle, players tipping the dealer, and
open space on the Dealer’s chip tray. It
is beyond the scope of this report to explain why player winning cycles such as
these occur at the blackjack tables, but I can refer you to Chapter 6 in Casino
Gambling. Tip
4: Tables to Avoid Just
as you are drawn to tables at which “the Christmas Tree Lights are
flashing,” take care to avoid the obvious losing table where players exhibit
few chips, are making single-chip bets, and exude a morose attitude.
You
will find more table selection factors in both of my books and all 21 in the
video- and audio-based TARGET 21 Course. For
further information, read Blackjack’s
Winning Factors on Page 73 in Casino Gambling – a description of
four important factors that indicate winning activity and, thus, the possibility
of your winning in this game. In
Blackjack: A Winner’s Handbook, on Page 158 you will find an
interesting idea for playing and winning in a shoe game with an automatic
shuffling machine. Tip
5: Basic Strategy OK,
you’re in the game, now you’ve got a decision to make on each and every
blackjack hand: hit, stand, double
down, split pairs, or take insurance if the dealer shows an ace.
These
decisions, giving the players some control over the outcome of their hands, is
what makes blackjack one of the most exciting and popular casino table games. There
is a mathematically correct way to make each of these decisions; it’s called Basic
Strategy. You
can learn the basic strategy for playing each hand against any dealer up card in
either of my books – Blackjack: A Winner’s Handbook and Casino
Gambling. Each contain decision tables for hitting your hand, standing,
doubling your bet and taking just one more card, and splitting a pair of like
cards and playing two hands. Use
the learning drills, memory aids, and practice drills in Blackjack: A
Winner’s Handbook to learn basic strategy and become a smart player.
Basic Strategy reduces the house odds down to about 1% instead of the 5
or 6% you would otherwise confront. Space
limitations prevent me from including the basic strategy charts in this report
but I will send you a FREE WALLET-SIZED BASIC STRATEGY CARD
that you can use right at the table to make the correct decision on each and
every hand. See offer at the end of
this report. Tip
6: Regarding the Insurance Decision Any
time the dealer shows an ace, insurance is offered – you can bet up to half of
the bet on your hand that the dealers has the blackjack or the 10-value card as
the hole card. If the dealer has the blackjack, you are paid 2-to-1 on your
insurance bet with the dealer picking up the losing bet on your hand or giving
it back to you for the insurance pay off. If
the dealer does not have the blackjack, you lose the insurance bet.
I
do not recommend taking insurance unless you have a blackjack, in which case you
get paid 1-to-1 either way – if the dealer has a blackjack, you push on your
hand and get paid on the insurance bet; if the dealer does not have blackjack,
you lose your insurance bet but get paid on your blackjack. If you wish to make the best percentage play, do not take insurance on the blackjack. Links to other Decisions Leading to Winning Sessions q
Decision 1:
Choice of Casino q
Decision 2:
Choice of Game q
Decision 4:
Tips for choosing a craps table with a better chance of winning q
Decision 5:
Tips for choosing a roulette table with a better chance of winning q
Decision 6:
Playing the other table games – Baccarat, casino poker, blackjack
variations q
Decision 7:
Tips for finding slot machines that are set for a higher player win rate q
Decision 8:
Tips on money management and betting – when to raise and lower your
bet, when to leave a table q
Decision 9:
When and why to End A Gambling Session and how it can affect your bottom
line q Decision 10: A Plan of Action for your future Casino Gambling Sessions and consideration of developing the skills to become an Advantage Player
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