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How to Develop the Traits of
a Winner at Blackjack
The owners of this website believe that there is nothing wrong with
gambling. For most people, gambling is healthy and normal, and some people
might argue that gambling is inherent to the human condition. But you came
to the site for strategy tips and how to become a winner at blackjack, not
for validation that it's okay to be a blackjack player. And while lots of
people can gamble and lead healthy, enjoyable lives, not many people can win
on a truly consistent basis. So we've listed some of the traits to develop
within yourself to become a winning blackjack player below.
Winning Blackjack Trait #1 - Knowledge
Winning blackjack players know how to play the game. This means having a
complete knowledge of how to play blackjack, not just a basic understand of
the gameplay and how to place bets. To win at blackjack, you start with the
fundamentals of basic strategy - how to play hard hands and how to play soft
hands. You alos learn when to split pairs and when to double down against
the dealer. Then once you've mastered that, you start learning more advanced
strategies, like simple card counts, dealer tells, and shuffle tracking.
It's important to note that the advanced strategy stuff, the stuff that
gives you the edge, comes AFTER you've learned the basic stuff like basic
strategy.
Winning Blackjack Trait #2 - Self Awareness
Some people are afraid of reality and live in a perpetual state of wishful
thinking and delusion. Are you one of those people? If so, it's okay, but
getting a firm grounding in reality is one of the first steps in becoming a
consistent winner at any kind of gambling, black jack included. Hunches
prevent winning blackjack play because they encourage mathematical mistakes.
Selective memory is a fault almost everyone shares, but it's death to your
hopes of winning at blackjack. Believe in luck? Even a little? You need to
get over that too; beating blackjack is a mathematical endeavor, and there
is no such thing as luck, just standard deviation.
Winning Blackjack Tip #3 - Dedication
Learning to play blackjack as an expert is HARD. Not only do you have to
memorize all the correct strategic moves, you also have to consistently make
the correct plays. Otherwise you're just going to lose. The house edge will
increase with every mistake you commit, and your bankroll will dwindle to
nothing. You have to be dedicated enough to learn to play correctly, then
disciplined enough to actually play correctly, and then obsessed enough to
keep good records of your results. (You cannot manage what you did not
measure.)
Winning Blackjack Tip #4 - Stubbornness
Correct blackjack plays will sometimes meet with disbelief and "helpful
suggestions" from other players. You have to be stubborn enough to ignore
any kind of peer pressure. Successful card counters will receive heat from
the casino management. You have to be stubborn enough to play anyway, even
if it means playing in disguise. Friends and relatives might try to
discourage you from becoming a card counter for a variety of reasons. Are
you hard-headed enough to ignore them and do what you want to do anyway?
Winning Blackjack Tip #5 - Experience
The only way of getting experience is to practice. And in black jack, that
means you have to play. The more you play, the more experience you get. And
the more experience you have as a blackjack player, the better your chances
of beating the game become. Experienced players make fewer mistakes, they're
able to concentrate for longer periods of time, and they're able to analyze
new situations and strategies quickly in order to determine whether or not
they're advantageous to their play. You can get some experience playing
blackjack online, but you should also get some actual casino experience
playing as often as you can. There are plenty of low stakes black jack games
where you can get your feet wet these days.
If you have some of the traits of winning blackjack players above already,
then great - you have a head start over the competition. If you have none of
these traits, maybe blackjack isn't for you at all. That's okay and there is
no shame in it. But if you have some of those traits to some degree, you can
develop these characteristics in yourself in order to become a real
blackjack expert. And the satisfaction available to those people who can
march to the beat of their own drummer and be truly excellent at something
is unparalleled.
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