Play Blackjack Like the Pros
Chapter OneThe Myths of Blackjack
The Typical Tourist
One of the biggest obstacles keeping most blackjack players from
improving their game is that they aren't realistic about their current
skill level. It is human nature to overrate ourselves and few of us are
very objective in analyzing our flaws. A large number of tourists
think they play basic strategy accurately. They may even have read a
book or bought a laminated card intended to teach them the correct
method.
Yet in the fast-paced environment of the casino, what little they
learned often melts away in the heat of battle. They never quite embedded
proper strategy into their brain so it became second nature.
Instead, they use some combination of correct plays and hunches.
For example, they are told to always hit 16 against the dealer's face
card, so they dutifully comply, only to bust out three times in a row.
Inevitably, the next time the tourist receives the dreaded 16, he
gives up on basic strategy and stands.
This time the dealer draws the paint and pays the table. The tourist is pleased and elated that he could outsmart the experts. He
becomes convinced there's a better fu ... read full excerpt from: Play Blackjack Like the Pros ebook
