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Originally posted by GonePhishing
Vary your bets too. You'll eventually lose everything if you bet the same amount. Start with a certain number. If you lose bump the bet up by five. Eventually, you will win some of the loss back if you modestly increase per hand on loses.
Second, when winning do not be afraid to press your bet. The way you are really going to win at blackjack is to catch a good run where you are getting paid on high bets.
I find that when I play, I my profits are made usually from two shoes that I caught good runs on and was not afraid to double up on. Of course you will get burned for a stack or two during the run. As long as that same stack you lost produced a few wins it is okay to let it go.
Always... No matter what split 8's. Even if the dealer has a face card. I have never lost splitting 8's (meaning both hands). I always double down on 11's not matter what.
Double down, split, and have a betting system.
If you don't vary your bet, press when winning, double down, and split... You will lose your money slowly over the course of the night.
Why would I know about betting? I'm asian!
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assuming you are not counting:
you will eventually loose everything if you bet the same amount
TRUE, but, if you increase your bets, you will loose everything FASTER
splitting 8s is generally a good idea, in all the australian casinos you should always split 8s, but to say that you have never lost just means that you havent played many hands. also you should not double 11 against an ace.
you are right about needing a betting system, although using the one you described, is a big mistake. not only will you loose, but you will loose quickly, it just takes one bad run and you are stuffed. it also doent make sesne, because say you lost 10 hands in a row, starting at 5 and increasing 5 every time, your next bet would be $55 but you would have already lost $275. does this seem rediculous to you?