Blackjack Strategies

Open Face Blackjack (Cont.)

That is why it is imperative that if you decide to play this game, you check the rules of the casino where you are playing, before getting your feet wet. It may look good on the surface, but you gotta be sure what the whole package is.

Then we come to the crusher. Most casinos have the rule that they win all tie hands. Now that may not seem like a big thing on the surface, but believe me it can be the difference maker in your deciding whether to play this game or not. I have absolutely no idea how many hands are pushes (ties) during the course of a session and I don't give a rat's tail for a useless computer run that would put the figure at X over a couple of million decisions.

I wanna know right off what my chances are for the hand I am playing at that instant. So the amount of ties is rrelevant, unless you could get a firm amount before you started your session, which of course is impossible. So we go for the logical answer that only a genius of my standing can offer to you. Rather than give you a number that I can't prove, I offer:

"There are a lot of ties between dealer and player (grin)."

How's that for giving a slippery answer? The fact is nobody can give an accurate answer so lot fits right in.

I admit to liking this game and playing it occasionally, but it is not my want to decide whether it is that good for you. I will take the stance of a coward, as to pushing you one way or another. I laid out the plusses and minuses. You decide.

Looks like I am taking the stance of being a coward. After I pointed out all of the things that would disappoint you and the things that would entice you, I bide behind that old saying, as to whether I should encourage you one way or another:

"You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink," which means: "I got you this far, now you decide."

I know, I know, I know, I'm a coward.

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