If you’re looking for ways to get better results at the blackjack tables, I have some good tips. Here are three simple blackjack strategies to improve your odds every time you play.
- Blackjack insurance lies.
- Why you always split eights and aces.
- 3 to 2 verses 6 to 5.
It only takes a few minutes to learn these three simple blackjack strategies. But you can use them every time you play blackjack for the rest of your life.
Here’s some more information bout each simple blackjack strategy.
1 – Blackjack Insurance Lies
When I play blackjack, at least half of the players take insurance. And I understand why they take insurance.
Casinos present insurance like it’s the perfect way to break even when the dealer has a blackjack. And if you have a good hand you want to protect it. But blackjack insurance lies.
Insurance doesn’t help you break even. And insurance doesn’t even have anything to do with your hand. Insurance only covers what the dealer has as a down card.
When you make an insurance bet and the dealer has a card worth 10 points down, you lose your first bet and win the insurance bet. But when the dealer doesn’t have a 10 point card, you lose the insurance bet and can still lose your first bet.
The dealer has a 10 point card down four out of 13 times or 2.25 to 1. But insurance only pays 2 to 1, so the casino has a big advantage every time you take insurance. To get better blackjack returns. Never take insurance.
2 – Why You Always Split Eights and Aces
I thought most blackjack players know this, but I was reminded that I’m wrong when I sat down to play blackjack recently. Within 15 minutes I saw one player start with a pair of aces and not split them and another player get a pair of eights and not split them.
You might know this, but if you do, this strategy is for players like the two I just described. When you start with a pair of aces or a pair of eight, you should always split them.
Aces are the best cards in blackjack. But when you have two of them, they turn into a problem. With two aces you have two or 12. But when you split aces you start two hands with 11. Starting with 11 gives you a great chance to win.
When you have a pair of eights, you have what many players call a hard 16. A hard 16 makes the worst starting hand by far. But when you split eights you start with eight on each hand. And when you draw an ace or 10 point card with an eight, you have a solid chance to win.
3 – 3 to 2 verses 6 to 5
This blackjack strategy might be the simplest of all. You don’t have to change the way you play to use this strategy.
Only play at blackjack tables that pay 3 to 2. Many blackjack tables pay 6 to 5 for a blackjack. But most gamblers have no idea how a small change like this costs them a lot of money.
Here are two examples showing the difference between 3 to 2 and 6 to 5 blackjack:
You bet $50 per hand playing at a table paying 3 to 2. Over the playing session, you get blackjack six times. On each blackjack, you win $75, for a total of $450.
Instead of playing at a 3 to 2 table, you play at a 6 to 5 table. When you get a blackjack you win $60. So you win a total of $360 for your six blackjacks.
If all of the other rules are the same, 6 to 5 blackjack costs you $90 in this example.
And if you think about what this does over several playing sessions, you can see how this simple strategy saves you a lot of money.
Conclusion
Some blackjack strategies can be difficult. But some simple blackjack strategies make a big difference in your odds.
Insurance makes the casino more money, so it makes you lose more money. Skip the blackjack insurance when you play.
A pair of aces or eights can be bad or good. And to make them good, simply split them every time you get them.
Finally, playing 3 to 2 blackjack instead of 6 to 5 directly takes money out of the casino’s pocket and puts it in your pocket. Never give the casino more money than you need to.