Tricks and Tips for those Games of Chance and Rare Skill – Poker, Blackjack, etc.

The main strategy for blackjack is the first step, it means to reduce the benefit of the casino to 0 (at least the most minimum than possible). This first step is used by any players with some experiences when they play online or inside a real casino.
The blackjack is a game that we can call [...]

One of the important rule in blackjack is to not tilter, for example you are playing more and less for 1 hour and you decide to put half or all, you will have more chance to loose everything. Patience will be more an advantage for you in blackjack.

If you are going to play blackjack online, here few tips.
If you have a hand of 12 or less, always take a card
If you have a hand of 17 dont except if the bank has a 9 or 10 and if you get 19, stop.
I can guarantee you that it will work 100% but at [...]

Ideally when you go into a casino you want 100% depth in the shoe.  Obviously that maximizes your advantage over the house when you count; this is especially true when you are using sidecounts.
But that’s not reality.  At best – at absolute best your depth will be 85% into the shoe.  Most likely you’ll end [...]

Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino
Address: 4150 North State Road 7
Hollywood, Florida 33024
Phone: 866-2-Casino
Directions: Take I-95 to Stirling Road. Go West to State Road 7 (441). On the South West Corner of the intersection.
http://www.seminoletribe.com/enterprises/hollywood/casino.shtml
The Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino is run by the Seminole Tribe of Florida with the famous “Hard Rock Cafe” blended [...]

The Red Seven count is probably the easiest counting system and the most efficient of the low-level counting systems. It works simply:
Ace and 10 are valued at -1
2, 3, 4, 5, 6 are valued at +1
the red 7s are valued at +1
This counting method results in what’s called an unbalanced count – in [...]

Some time ago I posted a small chart outlining the odds of a dealer making certain hands in a single-deck game.
But it’s for a single-deck game. Where I usually play, most games are either 6 or 8 decks, so I should post the odds for those games:
For the 6 deck game:

Final:17
18
19
20
21
“Natural”Blackjack
Bust

Up card:2
14.0%
13.4%
13.0%
12.4%
11.8%
n/a
35.4%

3
13.4%
13.1%
12.5%
12.1%
11.5%
n/a
37.4%

4
13.1%
12.4%
12.1%
11.6%
11.2%
n/a
39.6%

5
12.2%
12.2%
11.8%
11.2%
10.8%
n/a
41.8%

6
16.6%
10.6%
10.6%
10.2%
9.7%
n/a
42.3%

7
36.9%
13.8%
7.8%
7.9%
7.4%
n/a
26.2%

8
12.9%
36.0%
12.9%
6.9%
7.0%
n/a
24.4%

9
12.0%
11.7%
35.2%
12.0%
6.1%
n/a
22.9%

10
12.1%
12.1%
12.1%
36.8%
3.8%
7.7%
23.0%

Ace
18.8%
18.9%
18.9%
18.9%
7.7%
30.9%
16.7%

And for [...]

There’s been a lot of talk recently since the Mohegan Sun has decided to start using the new blackjack tables from a company called MindPlay in Bellevue, WA, just outside Seattle. MindPlay has been purchased by Bally’s, so you know where they stand.
The tables from MindPlay/Bally’s track everything. EVERYTHING. ALL cards played, [...]

I could give a primer on counting cards, or even simple, basic strategy. But I think the best place to start with a look into blackjack is to look at what traps to avoid:

Not splitting 88 vs. 10. Two hands starting with 8 is substantially better than facing off against the dealer’s 10 [...]

The single-deck blackjack game is practically extinct. You may find a few games here and there, with lousy tacked-on rules to draw in people. Maybe the casino will re-shuffle at 1/3 depth, or maybe even re-shuffle after each hand(!). In any case, it’s still possibly an available game, and the basis of [...]