Wednesday, September 05, 2007
More On Gambling Systems - System Black Box
In my last article, "Gambling Systems" I talked about gaming systems that involved the existent physical facets of the games such as as the achromatic ball in line roulette and the die in craps. Now I will cover with betting systems that tin actually be used in any of the games, except poker.
With the coming of on-line casinos, a whole new human race opened up that allowed anyone, anywhere, to gamble. With this phenomena also came a inundation of on-line dissipated systems. One of these is the very popular, "System Black Box" that capitalizes on the fact that some on-line casinos will offer free gaming "chips" to anyone that marks up with their gambling casino for play. "System Black Box" is designed strictly for on-line casino play. While there are unrecorded gambling casinos that have got similar offerings for free play, it is most often a "match-play" situation in which you must utilize some of your ain money along with the free-play coupon. In other words the voucher is deserving $1 if you also play a existent dollar with it. Should you win that first bet, you then immediately stake the $2 that you just won, putting the newly acquired house money in drama and taking back your $1 original bet. (The $1 voucher is taken, win or lose. It is only good for one play.) If you are considering gaming on-line with any of the games offered, I would promote you to look into "System Black Box" as a possible tool.
Another very popular betting system is "Betting For Profit" and is also available on-line. The difference is that "Betting For Profit" can work with both on-line make-believe and unrecorded play. This system is a spot more in depth and affects an increasing stake according to the last drama you made. It is a very good system and also includes what the writer phone calls his "Seven Cardinal Rules Of Gambling." In "Betting For Profit" you larn how to handle gaming as a business, not as a recreational activity. It is a very realistic attack and can work if you follow the guidelines that are put forth in the method, which is what "Betting For Profit" is actually called. Both "System Black Box" and "Betting For Profit" are what I would name methods as opposing to systems as they both make not cover with the physical facets of the games and concentrate on betting strategies. I have got found, through my extended experience that betting methods and schemes are really the lone valid ways of creating a winning tendency in gaming casino gambling. I compare this type of method with playing the stock market, which is of course, just another type of gambling. With the stock market, when person can duplicate their money, it is a important gain. With gaming casino gambling, if you desire to be successful, you must come in in to that sort of mentality. In "Betting For Profit" the writer states of ways to get to handle gaming as a concern and not as entertainment. This is how a professional gambler attacks gambling. To me, it is kindred to guerilla warfare and in fact must be followed if you are serious about winning. A professional gambler sees gambling as "going to work" instead of entertainment. To chance professionally you must lose the sort of mental attitude that put option you at a gambling casino game for fun. That is not to state that you cannot bask what you are doing. But you must retrieve that you are there to do money, not lose it while you are playing and entertaining yourself.
I short, I happen that both "System Black Box" and even more than so, "Betting For Profit" can actually work for the gambler. With "System Black Box" the participant demand not cognize a great trade about the game he or she is playing but must at least cognize the general regulations of whatever game that mightiness be. "Betting For Profit" presumes that the reader is aware of at least some good basic scheme for the chosen game. So the decision is that a betting method or process can be a valid tool to enable a participant to win at gaming casino gambling while the "system" type of drama simply makes not work and is not really valid. Let me reiterate here that when I was working in the gambling casino business, we used to express joy at system participants and considered them no threat, while the smart, tough participant that knew how to pull off his or her money and was able to walk away a victor would more times than not, take a little bite every clip that he or she played, and sometimes even a large bite! For more than information you can mention back to my former article, "Gambling Systems".
Labels: blackjack, casino, craps, gambling, roulette, system black box
Monday, June 11, 2007
Beating Blackjack - Easier Then You Think
Beating Blackjack
Beating blackjack is a lot easier then you might think. With a little practice and some patience anyone can beat the game of blackjack.
Card Value and Card Count
First you need to learn how to count cards, don't worry this is very easy to do! Any card 2-6 you give a value of +1, 7-9's have a value of 0 and 10-A's you give a value of -1. Low valued cards (2-6) are good for the house, high valued cards 10-A are good for you the player and 7-9 is pretty much neutral.
How card counting works is, while the dealer is dealing look at every card that gets dealt and in your mind start adding a subtracting your 1's and -1's. The easiest way to do this quickly is to really pay attention to the second card that is dealt out to everyone, if there is a 10 and a 3 they cancel each other out and the total is 0. Example: Lets say that seat #1 has 2 and 7, seat #2 has J and 4, seat #3 has 10 and 8, seat #4 has 3 and 4 and the dealer and a Q showing. What is the count? Seat #1 has +1, seat #2 has 0, seat #3 has -1, seat #4 has 2 and the dealer has -1. The running count is +1.
The higher the running count or the further in the "+" values the more you should bet because the game has shifted your way. Remember the more 10's-A's in the deck the better odds you will win, the more 2's-6's in the deck the odds shift to the house. So if the running count starts to reach 10 or more than you need to start adjusting your bet, bet more per hand.
Betting Size and Bankroll
Your betting unit should be at most 1/1000 of your bankroll.
Your bankroll is how much money you are willing to lose without going crazy.
For each session your cash on hand should be at least thirty-two betting units. Example: If you want to bet $10 a hand, you should bring as least $320.
If you lose half your bankroll, then drop your betting units by half.
If you win half your bankroll (total $480) then raise your betting units 1 ½ times (to $25).
By constantly adjusting your betting unit, you will never go broke, and your bankroll will increase in the long run.
Maximum Bet
Your maximum bet should be at least 4 times your betting unit. For example, your maximum be would be $40.
Never bet more than ¼ of the money on you, on one round, because you want to have enough money to split and double down if the option becomes available.
Optimal Betting
Keep a Running Count.
Approximate the number of decks remaining.
Divide the Running Count by the number of decks remaining; this is called the True Count. If your Running Count is 8 and there is 2 decks left, then your True Count is 4.
Subtract 1 from the True Count to determine how many units to bet. In this example you will bet 3 units; multiply the number of units to bet (3 in this example) by your betting unit ($10), you will bet $30 on this hand.
Play two hands and bet that amount ($30) per hand; if you are the only player at the table, or you can only play one hand, bet 25% more on one hand.
If your running count is less than 0, bet as little as you can without drawing too much attention to your bet, sit out if you can.
If you take some time and practice these strategies before you sit down at that Blackjack table in the casino you will walk away a winner. Practice at home with your friends and family. Take a deck of cards and practice counting; if you count out a whole deck you should have 0 when you are done. Try it, its great practice.
Good luck and have fun!
Labels: 21, blackjack, Card Counting, casino, gambling
Saturday, June 02, 2007
What Is The Most Profitable Online Casino Game?
Not all games are the same.
This is one of the most often asked questions when it comes to online casinos. What game should I play to make the most money? Where am I likely to loose less.
The problem is that it is an almost impossible question to answer because casinos make it difficult to decide by changing the rules of the game while marketing them as the same.
Blackjack for example, has so many variants that it is hard to call blackjack the most profitable game of them all.
There is, Pontoon, Spanish 21, doubling down any number of cards, rescue, (or surrender), payout bonuses for five or more card 21's, 6-7-8 21's, 7-7-7 21's, late surrender, and player blackjacks always winning and player 21. In Asia, the so called, Chinese Blackjack is very popular, (splitting is different).
Another popular game amongst online gamblers are slot machines, they can offer payouts ranging from 70% to 99%. Granted most well known online casinos would never offer a slot game that paid less than 95%. So that would make slots the most profitable game... if you knew in advance what the percentage payout was, many forums/websites claim to know the percentage, but one wonders how they arrived at that number in the first place, (the casinos will either lie or not give the actual payouts).
Because the payouts are not advertised it is very difficult for a user to reliably choose a slot.
Progressive slots also don't pay as much because the casino has to build funds for the end bonus, (ranging from $10.000 to $1.000.000 and more).
Craps is also a mis-leading game, the "pass line" bet, which wins for a new shooter who rolls a 7 or 11, loses on a 2, 3, or 12, and on any other number requires him to roll that number (his point) again before rolling a 7, has an even money payoff that delivers a 1.41% edge to the house. The single-roll bets are just ridiculous: an 'any 7' bet pays 4:1 and gives the house a whopping 16% edge.
Roulette has two popular versions, the European version has 37 slots with a single 0; the American version has an extra slot, a 00 to make 38.
The house advantage is 2.7% For European and 5.26% for the American table.
So the choice is simple if you must play roulette, play European!
But as a whole roulette is not such a safe bet, (and some 'sure way' techniques like Martingale method make is downright dangerous to play).
They change the rules all the time.
Remember also that certain rules changes are employed to create new variant games.
These changes actually increase the house edge in these games. But they are cleverly worded to give the opposite impression to the unsuspecting players.
Double Exposure Blackjack is a variant in which the dealer's cards are both face-up.
This game increases house edge by paying even money on blackjacks and players losing ties.
Double Attack Blackjack has very liberal blackjack rules and the option of increasing one's wager after seeing the dealer's up card.
And the winner is?
Classic blackjack in most its forms is usually the game that offers the best returns.
With correct basic strategy, a Spanish 21 almost always has a higher house edge than any comparable Blackjack game.
Labels: blackjack, craps, online casino, profitable, roulette
