Quotes from www.wikihow.org, How to Play Blackjack
Understand the implications of insurance, splitting,double down and surrender.
◦All of the extra actions favor the house:
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◦When doubling down, you only get one card. You may not like the hand you end up with. In fact, that is what the casino is counting on! Never double down if the dealer is showing a face card or an ace.
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Always split 7's, 8's and Aces.
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�Learn the basic blackjack playing stategy. The casinos only have a 2% advantage if you use it.
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�Unless you are prepared to gamble thousands of dollars on a single hand, forget card counting. Card Counting is 95% betting strategy and 5% playing strategy. It converts the casinos 2% advantage to a 2% advantage for you. Which means if you make $1000 total bets over an hour, you will win $20, if you don't screw up! Such strategies break down when many players are at a table. Card counters are notoriously easy to pick out. If you are playing at a table by yourself, you will be even more obvious. Better idea: Go and have a good time playing basic strategy, if you are careful, you might even win some.
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�If the dealer is showing a face card or an ace (especially an ace); consider if you should surrender. If you are holding 13, 14, 15 or 16, the chances are you will bust. If the dealer is showing an ace, no matter how bad his first draw is (if he needs to), he will always be able to draw again. This is a tremendous advantage to the house.
From How To Count Cards:
Memorize blackjack basic strategy. Using basic strategy as you play reduces the house edge from 52% to your 48% to about 48% to your 52%.
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�Although the odds are in your favour, it will require about six hours of play to guarentee that the play out this way. Even so, remember that you can ALWAYS lose money. The card-counting system helps you get an edge in blackjack. It doesn't play it for you.
From How to Win at Blackjack (weak attempt at explaining card counting):
�Sit at a table with many other people. If there are many people there it tells you that they are winning, which is a good way of avoiding "Card Shark" dealers.
�Also many other people at a table gives you statistically better odds of drawing high cards, because in short, people tend to draw low cards and keep hitting, and stop on high cards. This gives you better odds of winning.
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�If you plan to count cards, go to Atlantic City instead of Vegas, because over there, they can' kick you out.
