The Dealing Arts

07/24/2011

Blackjack

Majority of the blackjack players chase the score of twenty one by asking for more cards. A contrarian strategy is to play alone in a table, and not to ask for additional cards, letting the dealer bust.

The house advantage in blackjack is 0.5-1%.

07/24/2011

Blackjack
Card counting mentally is legal and is not considered cheating. It needs to be done discreetly; if a player is detected while counting, the casino may inform them that they are no longer welcome to play blackjack there, or they may be completely banned from the property. Using disguises may allow players entry to casinos or games from which they have been banned.

07/24/2011

Blackjack

Blackjack is a comparing card game between a player and dealer and played with one or more decks of 52 cards.

The player is dealt an initial two card hand with the option of drawing cards to bring the total value to 21 or less without exceeding it, so that the dealer will lose by having a lesser hand than the player or by exceeding 21. Many rule variations of blackjack exist.

07/19/2011

"The mind of the prudent acquires knowledge,
And the ear of the wise seeks knowledge."
-- Proverbs 18:15

07/12/2011

''Affluence includes money but is not just money. It is the abundance, the flow, the generosity of the universe, where every desire we have must come true, because inherent in having the desire are the mechanics for its fulfillment." --- Creating Affluence: The A-To-Z Steps to a Richer Life by Deepak Chopra

07/12/2011

Exuberance!

07/12/2011

07/11/2011

Baccarat has a low house edge of 1.24%, and the banker bet (despite the 5% commission) is even lower, at 1.06%. In contrast, the 8-1 tie bet has a punishingly high house edge of 14.4%. These odds attract many high rollers all over the world!

07/11/2011

Baccarat is dealt from a shoe containing 4, 6 or 8 decks of cards. Two cards are dealt face to each hand, starting from "player" and alternating between the hands. Drawing rules are used to determine whether the player should receive a third card, and then, based on the value of any card drawn to the player, whether the banker should receive a third card. The outcome is then determined by comparing the totals.

07/11/2011

Baccarat is a card game believed to have been introduced into France from Italy during the reign of King Charles VIII. It is a comparing card game played between two hands, the "player" and the "banker." Each baccarat coup has three possible outcomes: "player", "banker", and "tie."

07/11/2011

Roulette
To determine the winning number and color, a croupier spins a wheel in one direction, then spins a ball in the opposite direction around a tilted circular track running around the circumference of the wheel. The ball eventually loses momentum and falls on to the wheel and into one of 38 (in American roulette) colored and numbered pockets on the wheel. The casino house edge is 5.26%.

07/11/2011

Roulette is a casino game named after a French diminutive for little wheel. Players may choose to place bets on either a single number or a range of numbers, the colors red or black, or whether the number is odd or even.