a question from a rookie!

#1
im pretty new to balckjack so im practicing my basic stratergy and ive pretty much got it nailed. in the free online simulations (playing with pretend $) i can regularily make a profit by sticking religiously to basic stratergy (like the one on this site), but when i play in an online casino for real it seems a totally different game and i regularily loose money (not a lot, im not stupid). am i to take it that the stratergy simulations are designed to be leanient to beginners? is it possible to regularily come out with a profit playing BJ online over a long period of time? do you have to enter tornaments?

also ive started learning card counting and using basic hi-lo counting, can count a deck in about 30seconds. can you use card counting when when playing online?

any help appreciated
thanks, rob.

p.s. yes thats right, im not too good at spelling.
 

positiveEV

Well-Known Member
#2
Even with this strategy, you won't win in the long run, only lose less than you would by not using it. You can't count online as the cards are shuffled after every game in pretty much every casino.

By using this strategy, you will lose half a percent of everything you bet, on average. So if you bet $5*200, you will loose on average $5, but results will vary. If you don't play for a bonuses, you won't make money in the long run.
 

bluewhale

Well-Known Member
#3
robstan said:
im pretty new to balckjack so im practicing my basic stratergy and ive pretty much got it nailed. in the free online simulations (playing with pretend $) i can regularily make a profit by sticking religiously to basic stratergy (like the one on this site), but when i play in an online casino for real it seems a totally different game and i regularily loose money (not a lot, im not stupid). am i to take it that the stratergy simulations are designed to be leanient to beginners? is it possible to regularily come out with a profit playing BJ online over a long period of time? do you have to enter tornaments?

also ive started learning card counting and using basic hi-lo counting, can count a deck in about 30seconds. can you use card counting when when playing online?

any help appreciated
thanks, rob.

p.s. yes thats right, im not too good at spelling.

if you are hell bent on counting online then there are casinos (ladbrokes, lots of playtechs like vegas red, tropez, golden palace, etc.) that have live dealers. but i have never heard of anyone who has ever done this. they generally have bad pen, but you can backout quite easily. however they deal ultra slow and just seems like a waste of time because of that. not to mention that if they catch on to what you're doing, who knows what they'll do.
 
#4
robstan said:
im pretty new to balckjack so im practicing my basic stratergy and ive pretty much got it nailed. in the free online simulations (playing with pretend $) i can regularily make a profit by sticking religiously to basic stratergy (like the one on this site), but when i play in an online casino for real it seems a totally different game and i regularily loose money (not a lot, im not stupid). am i to take it that the stratergy simulations are designed to be leanient to beginners? is it possible to regularily come out with a profit playing BJ online over a long period of time? do you have to enter tornaments?

also ive started learning card counting and using basic hi-lo counting, can count a deck in about 30seconds. can you use card counting when when playing online?

any help appreciated
thanks, rob.

p.s. yes thats right, im not too good at spelling.
Hey I had the same problem as you to, I stupidly didn't realise that online casinos reshuffle after every hand DUHH. I found other strategies that worked though have a look at my website (Dead link: http://www.winatblackjack.net) see if there is anything there that that can help.

:grin:
 
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