Here you will find a handful of useful tips that will help rapidly improve your game and get the best out of your blackjack experience.

Tip #1: Use Basic Strategy

Basic Strategy tells you what is statistically the move most likely to bring you profit, so stick to it. Gambler’s fallacy, while dead wrong, often feels intuitively right, so don’t make a move because you have an “intuition” about what card is going to come up next. Your gut feeling isn’t based on real numbers, basic strategy is.

Tip #2: Count Cards

Basic strategy alone won’t get you there. This is where card counting comes in. Basic strategy allows you to reduce the house edge, card counting allows you to gain an edge over the house. Card counting takes more effort to learn, but it’s worth it!

Tip #3: Manage Your Bankroll

Define a loss limit, a win limit, the maximum amount of time you want to keep playing beforehand, and play the right stakes to make your bankroll last. Especially when counting cards it’s important that you stay in the game long enough to actually benefit from the effort you’re putting into counting the cards. It may happen that you see a series of unlucky hands before you can capitalize on the information you have gained through your count, so don’t play beyond the capacity of your bankroll.

Tip #4: Stay in Control

Defining limits beforehand will help you stay on top of your game, but it can still happen that a badly timed series of unlucky hands, or the dealer’s dumb luck or early shuffle can really tick you off. It’s okay to feel on edge and competitive – good blackjack requires focus – but when you start to feel irritated with the game, you will start making bad decisions and are more likely to mess up your count. Its also easier to get reckless and chase losses when frustrated. It might be better to take a break and regroup for the next round.