Here are the Top 8 Blackjack Myths. If you believe in any of them, you will lose money. Here is the real deal regarding blackjack myths avoid them and the odds will be more in your favor and that means a bigger bankroll over time. Myth 1: Getting as close to 21 as possible is the aim of blackjack FALSE. The object of blackjack is simply to beat the dealer's hand. Understanding this, the best strategy there is is to stand depending on your hand and the dealer's up card. Most players lose a hand because they hit, when according to basic strategy they should have stood. Myth 2: A Bad Player in the Game Will Make You Lose Any other player in the game will have no effect on your winning or losing long term. It is true that really stupid plays can affect the outcome of a hand for everyone else, but the opposite can be true, and a stupid play can be great for everyone as well. So this blackjack myth evens itself out. Myth 3: With a Blackjack, Always Take "insurance" Very wrong! Insurance could easily be the stupidest bet in blackjack. Taking insurance every time you have a blackjack, means you are giving up 13 percent of the profit that a blackjack pays. Just to break even with the insurance bet, you would have to guess correctly every 1 or 3 times. The only time you should even consider taking insurance is if you are an expert card counter. Myth 4: A Hot Dealer Statistically, if you are winning, the deck's arrangement of cards is in your favor. If you are losing, it is not. A dealer has no choices to make whatsoever; they just follow house rules. But the player has many choices and options, and its how you choose that determines how successful you will be not how hot the dealer is. Myth 5: Half-Way Players Make You Lose. When someone enters the game, and the dealer's shoe is half-way used, it makes no difference to the game at all. Its just as if a player took an extra card, or some player leaving in the middle of the game. Neither of these conditions make you to lose. Myth 6: Its My Turn to Win. A dealer is winning hand after hand. You are thinking "its my turn to win" Wrong! The odds of any player winning the next hand, is completely independent of what hand won before. If you play long enough, the number of hands you will win will be around 48%. However in a single game (playing session) no statistics are relevant. Myth 7: The Most Favorable Card for the Dealer is the deuce (a 2) Just Not true. This is often believed as the deuce makes the dealers hand frequently, as there is only one card that can "bust" his hand, ( a 10), if the total is 12 (deuce and a facecard or 10) Statistically, most players lose if the dealer's "up card" is an Ace or a 10. Myth 8: Don't split your double 9s against the dealer's 9 If you have been dealt two 9s against the dealer's 9 you of course have 18. This wont beat 19 and you can always assume that the dealer has a 10 in the hole. You can prove it mathematically that a player will lose less money by splitting the 9's than by standing. So don't be fooled by believing these old blackjack myths, they are guaranteed to make you, lose. If you avoid these blackjack myths your chancesz of winning will go up dramatically. Good luck! |
