Month: July 2015

The Different Card Counting Systems

We have already looked at the basics of counting cards and discussed just how easy it can be. This is not something that requires a huge mathematical brain. The simplest of card counting systems are as easy as adding and…

Understanding the Basics: Card Counting

Many first-time players seem to believe that card counting requires Rain Man levels of mathematical prowess, that the goal is to essentially work out the placing of every single card in the deck and to basically guess what the next…

Casinos in the US: Blackjack State by State

Gambling is tightly restricted in the United States, we don’t need to tell you that, but you don’t have to head for the City of Sin or Atlantic City to get your fix. Thanks to individual state laws and nationwide…

Understanding the Basics: Variants Part 3

This is the final part of a three-part article in which we have looked at the biggest and most common blackjack variants out there, as well as a few lesser variants that can be found both online and offline. There…

Understanding the Basics: Variants Part 2

There are many more variants of blackjack that we can list in the space of 2 or 3 articles. Some of them are big, played in many casinos. Some of them are small and relatively rare, played in just 1…

Understanding the Basics: Variants Part 1

As we return to the “Basics” series of articles, we will look at the many variants that make up the game of Blackjack. This is one of the areas that can confuse first-time players, but don’t worry, as it is…