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Wednesday, June 9th, 2010
Like any other game, blackjack has a set of etiquette that you must follow. Assuming that you know the basics of the game, we would like to lineup some hand signals that you must know so you can communicate with the dealer effectively.
The hand signals in blackjack will be different if you are playing a game where the cards are dealt facing up or facing down.
When you are playing a face up blackjack game here are some tips you can follow to signal the dealer what you want to do:
- Point at your cards if you like another card or a hit
- If you feel like standing then wave you hands over your cards, parallel to the game table
- If you want to split your card or maybe double down, place your 2nd bet just near your original bet and never atop your original bet
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Tuesday, February 24th, 2009
One of the most successful ways to minimize your expected loss playing blackjack is this old Vegas wisdom: “If win, press your bets. If you lose, bet less.”. It pretty much boils down to betting more after a win, going down to the minimum of your bets after any loss. It’s a way to minimize your losses on the inevitable losing streaks — the one that kills people playing the Martingale system…
The “If win, press your bets. If you lose, bet less.” is basicly playing the Parlay system.
More info on these betting systems can be found in my post titled “Blackjack Betting Systems: a Method to my Madness“.
Good luck at the tables!
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Wednesday, December 17th, 2008
I’m pretty proud of myself for refraining from blackjack almost completely in the last couple weeks. Obviously the reason has to be sought in me dropping quite a lot of money in the past couple months — but still — the result is me playing less and fighting my gambling addiction, and that’s positive.
I’ll keep you posted of how I do NOT playing — I hope I can post here again in January telling you I’m still “clean”.
Pray for me, will you?
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Wednesday, October 1st, 2008
I’ve had a tough month of September on the blackjack tables and it’s pretty much due to not sticking to my “discipline”-promise. I started playing $1000 a hand again and even though I was up about 24 thousand that one night I ended up losing $30,000 total, which is a pretty sick amount for someone with my income… I’m losing in poker too…
I suppose I haven’t conquered my gambling addiction just yet. I only played 5 days, but the days I played — were hefty…
Hang in there with me.
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Thursday, September 11th, 2008
The MONKEY who wrote this should be drugged to death. 
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Saturday, August 30th, 2008
WINNER WINNER CHICKEN DINNER!
Pretty pic too! 
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Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008
My blackjack results for the first few days of July are resembling those of the rest of June – steady in the plus thanks to finding a new 4-deck shoe-game which allows me to count much easier than the 6-deck game I had at my local casino. Also – I’ve been doing great on the addiction side of my gambling hobby. I’ve put myself on a tough schedule not playing for 5 days in a row at some points during a work week and getting just a set amount of hours during weekend play… Not only does it work for now but it also means I can’t keep track of my win/losses during a session that much as I am supposed to leave the blackjack table at a specific hour anyway…
I have allowed ONE exception — I’m allowed to keep playing if the deck is hot, but quit when it drops below my collercount.
Wish me luck everyone!
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Saturday, May 31st, 2008
Don’t say anything, please.
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Sunday, May 18th, 2008
I’ve climbed from my negative downfall at the start of 2008 and turned it into a marginal plus for the year.
I realize it’s minimal, but at least we’re not $5000 behind… 
Wish me luck for May!
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Saturday, April 26th, 2008
Have been on a cold streak and it’s hurting. I’ve gone back to gambling more than I was hoping to do, and I’m learning my lesson the hard way.
Down a couple grand for April and only had a couple winning sessions early in the month.
Planning a couple days outside the country, hope they don’t have casinos in Valencia.
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