Friday, July 21, 2006

The Goal of Blackjack

One thing I figured out early on in learning how to play blackjack was what the goal of the game is. Casinos will tell you in their rules that your goal is to come as close to "21" as you can without going over to beat the dealer.

What I think this does in the minds of novices is convince them that they need to get really close to 21. Some people may even think that there is no way you can win unless you get over 16. I for one use to think this way. If you look at any basic strategy chart you know this is not the case. What I learned, which basically evey blackjack player out there knows, is that the goal of the game is to beat the dealer. Yes thats right, I dont give a damn about getting close to 21. All I care about is beating the dealing and collecting my chips.

I will elaborate on this subject more in coming posts and how you can use this to your advantage.

Until next time,

BJ.