Advanced Blackjack Strategy

Posted by admin on February 2, 2010

The right strategy is critical to your chances of winning playing Blackjack. There are different levels of strategies to fit the levels of knowledge and practice of playing Blackjack. Advanced Blackjack strategy lets you learn to optimize your chances.

Learning advanced Blackjack strategy is not for the beginner or intermediate Blackjack player. Without a thorough understanding of the concept of counting cards you will not effectively understand the lessons within advanced Blackjack strategy.

First you should know when to take insurance against a dealer’s Ace. The tendency is to not insure against the Ace. There are times when it is better to take insurance against a dealer’s Ace. On instance is when there are more cards 10s, jacks, queens, and kings left within the remaining deck. The best way to establish this rule is whenever the card count is a minimum of +4 against the dealer’s ace.

Another advanced Blackjack strategy is if you are a beginner level, you tend to hit when the dealer is showing a card and you have 16 as a total against his card. This should not be done each time. Sometimes, you can stand with the 16 when the dealer has a ten if the count is positive and there is only one or more 10 point cards than normal. This means that you should not take a card because the odds are against you. It is also okay to stand when you hold 15 and the dealer is showing a 10 if the count is positive and there are 4 or more 10 point cards. This is not fool proof but will put the odds more in your favor.

It is recommended to “split the 10s” when the dealer shows a 6. After you split the 10s you can pressure the dealer into the possibility of going bust if the card count is a minimum of +5.