Maximizing Your Blackjack Earnings Without Counting Cards
By Kerry Mann, Sat Dec 10th

Blackjack has some of the best odds in the casino. The house’sadvantage is about ½ of 1%. BUT, the casinos still make akilling. The house has these odds against a player using basicstrategy. Most players don’t use basic strategy, and this is onereason why the casinos reap huge profits. Basic strategy is asimple set of rules for playing your dealt cards against thedealers up card. Most casino gift shops will sell “basicstrategy” tip cards. Or you can find charts online, a good siteis bjmath.com . So my first step to “Maximizing your BlackjackEarnings” is to use basic strategy. This will reduce the housesadvantage greatly and is a solid foundation for maximizing yourblackjack earnings.

The second step is choosing the blackjack table with the bestodds. A very important principle in card counting and blackjackodds is higher value cards (10’s) help the player and lowervalue cards hurt the player. The reason is the dealer MUST hitto a 17 or higher. With more higher cards the dealer will bustmore and the player will win. So remember to play tables thatoffer fewer decks, avoid 6 deck games and play 1 or 2 deck gamesif available.

The third step is don’t increase your bet because of “gut”feelings. Increase your bet when it is most optimal for you. Howdo you do this without counting cards? I call it monitoringcards. If you notice that an overwhelming majority of the cardsdealt on the last hand were low cards, raise your bet on thenext hand. This will be more effective on a single or doubledeck game. And you wont win every time so don’t go crazy withyour bet. Over the long run you will see results. Which bringsme to my forth step.

The fourth step is to keep records. I have a little pocketnotebook I keep blackjack records in. You have to understandthat blackjack can have great swings. You can win for daysstraight and then lose for a week straight. But if you keeprecords you can see what your profit are over the long run. Iwrite down what I started with and what I ended with, and howlong it took.

The fifth step is DON’T deviate. If you have a 16 against adealers 10 hit every time, don’t stand because of a “gut”feeling. The casinos

make millions on these gut feelings! Alwayssplit and double when basic strategy calls for it. This is wereyou make your money.

Be a professional and You to can “Maximizing your BlackjackEarnings Without Counting Cards”

Kerry Mann is a professional online player. His websitehttp://www.pokerliving.net tells more about him and how he makesa living at online poker.

About the author:Kerry Mann is a professional online player. His websitehttp://www.pokerliving.net tells more about him and how he makesa living at online poker.