Introduction to Online Blackjack (Part 2 of 3)

by Edward Rogers, News Staff Writer

November 15, 2007

You should never start to play Blackjack at an online casino without a concrete plan fore your play and your budget. How much do you realistically want or can afford to spend at one time?

Let’s use the figure of one hundred dollars. If you are out to play for pleasure and get in as many hands of internet casino blackjack as possible, then you will want to shop around at online casinos whose Blackjack tables have minimum bets of just one to five dollars. On the other hand, if you are feeling lucky and want to really push your online gambling to the limits, you may want to pick a table that lets you bet ten or twenty dollars a hand for maximum payouts.

Regardless, you need to know your financial limit and respect it. And you need to only play at online casinos whose blackjack tables have been audited for RNG fairness and competitive monthly payout percentages.

Part of that same discipline we advise you to exercise in planning your online casino Blackjack budget will also be called into question when you are on a losing streak. Some internet casino Blackjack players are guilty of “chasing their losses,” or aggressively trying to recoup cash lost at a previous hand by betting recklessly on the chance of winning and making it up. Making online gambling bets in this fashion is likely to make you wager recklessly and not really think through your decisions. Hence, you risk blowing your budget and getting yourself frustrated, which is never a good thing.

Also consider playing “variation rules”, which give you an even greater advantage over the online casino. Some examples include online casinos which compel the dealer to stand at sixteen, rather than seventeen, or internet casinos that offer a surrender rule that lets you turn in a disastrous hand for only half your wager lost.

Continue to part 3 here.

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