Well, just got back from the casino (Tampa Bay Seminole Hard Rock), I printed up a little cheat sheet off the main rules laid out in the strategy section (I didn't go to the other tips the other people offered but I will incorporate those in next time). They have live blackjack at my casino unfortunately the min is $10 a hand, to rich for my blood..
So I sat at the Multi game machine (Poker/Keno/BJ) and put a 20 in and was playing $.25 bets, I also didn't get a chance to read the money management strategy so I just stuck to 2 unit bets for the most part. I will say the machine I was on must not of liked me, I went through numerous bouts where it would get a blackjack back to back, and the machine offered no split, no double down and no insurance option. So I cashed out at $10, and walked, I had noticed a "Multi-Play Blackjack" machined by the stairs, figured id give it a go.
I put in the money and went to the screen betting $.25 again only I noticed what it means now by "Multi-play" I was playing 7 hands per bet making my $.25 bet a $1.25 per deal, I was wary at first but hey its only $10. an you make the decisions per each hand.
At this point I should mention my mother was with me as well and she was playing Blackjack as well.
So, I am going by the strategy, and Im doing pretty good, this is where I should of read the money management strategy I was sticking to 2 units per hand *willy nilly as it would be called) and had gotten up to $30. I said hmm im doing good ill hit it up to 3 units, well I crashed quickly, and was out, but all in all, using the strategy I definitely bought myself much more time on a $40 investment while I lost it all, I did get much more playing time out of it then any other machine on the floor doing the multi play. I will continue to read up on the strategies and work more on my strategy card. So it was a loss of $40 but me and my mother were in the casino for 3 hours on the $40 and we netted 300 loyalty points during this time which is VERY good seeing as how I was watching people to the left and right of me sit down and over 10 minutes lose 100 and have nothing to show for it, at least I will get comped something in the end (my parents get free hotel stays all the time.
So in conclusion, the strategy if anything delayed my losing and if I used better money management I could of A walked away with profit or walked away with at least something, but it was definitely better to have something there.
Looks like I could use something like this, anyone know where I could get one that tells you for 1-3 decks?
EDIT: This site lets you auto generate a strategy based upon the decks and certain options, also has a neat free video trainer that tells you if you were right or not (but of course even f you played right you dont win always) MODS sorry if posting this is against rules, please let me know and I will remove it.
Blackjack Basic Strategy Calculator
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Also, I really liked having the Dealers % of busting, is there something out there that gives the players %of busting? it would be cool to have something like that on my PDA to use while playing BJ
Well, that's a long enough post I think... more to come Im gonna start putting aside some money to get to $300 saved up to play some live BJ at the $10 table