I’ve been contacted by many people about what the best strategies are for tournament blackjack. Blackjack tournaments can serve as an effective means for casinos to entice players to their properties, namely their premium players. Tournament blackjack is a version of 21 that radically changes the objective of the game. Blackjack in it’s traditional form…
At most casinos the dealer must “burn” the first card of a shoe by placing it directly in the discard tray before any cards are dealt. In Atlantic City the burn card is usually shown before it’s taken out of play, but what about when the burn card isn’t revealed? This seems to cause angst…
Blackjack is the name of the game. So what are the odds of getting dealt a blackjack? The probability depends on how many decks are played. Of course the essential ingredients to blackjack are an ace and a ten-value card (10, jack, queen, or king). In a single deck game there are 4 aces and…