I decided to learn blackjack in preparation for my weekend in Las Vegas. I picked blackjack because I understood the basic premise and because I heard the house advantage is relatively small compared to other games. Due to a pretty busy week leading up to my Friday flight, I wasn’t able to study the game [...]
We know the studies about second-hand smoke. We know that there have been numerous studies worldwide proving that secondhand smoke is much more dangerous to the health than most of us thought. Tons of illnesses are associated with it. But a lot of times it seems like casinos and cigarette smoking goes together (and a [...]
The truth is that consistently winning blackjack games deals with both luck and chance. It’s always been a popular casino game – perhaps due to its reputation of being called one of the easiest card games in casino. But it’s not just a plain game of luck. Understanding the rules is a must and it [...]
This one goes out to you blackjack-heads out there. Have you heard of the blackjack switch? This game is another variant of the blackjack game – the differences being that you are allowed to switch cards and you are dealt two hands. Now, to the blackjack purists this might sound like cheating but for the [...]
We all know the craziness we can find on the internet. Besides watching a little James Bond and finding out that casino cruise ships save people’s lives, there’s some great savings and bonuses for those that keep their open – especially for online casino gamers. The main way you’re going to get special treatment at [...]
Blackjack has been always been one of the most popular games played in casino houses. It’s a popular game all over the world – the simplicity of blackjack has a lot to do with it. But mastering the game is a crazy hard thing to do. The main objective of the game is to beat [...]
Of course, you can imagine that all major casinos ensure that no cheating takes place in their premises (::cough cough:: APS). As the law requires, the casino’s gambling license will be forfeited should it cheat any of its players. Mind you, not only do the actual players execute some pretty elaborate cheating plans but the [...]
From luckydonut: One of the online casinos I have been bonus-whoring at has a hold’em blackjack game with a “7-card Charlie” rule. If you manage to draw seven cards without busting, your hand is automatically a winner against anything except a dealer blackjack. I know every little is meant to help, but according to The [...]
Rest When you’re winning just keep riding that winning wave. But if you start losing, stop and rest up. Use your time to do relaxing things like hitting your bed to take a power nap, watch some television, or get a snack. If you think of it like if you’re a computer, you’re “resetting yourself”. [...]
Review courtesy of treonauts and PocketGoddess: Although games do not take center stage on my Treo they are nonetheless a welcome bonus during idle moments and I like to keep a collection of ‘classics’ at hand such as cards, dice, word and board games of various kinds. After some thorough ‘idle time testing’, I recently [...]
