August 24, 2006
While
this
may
not
be
an
online
gambling
breaking
news
story
–
you
should
treat
this
article
as
if
it
were.
After
all,
it
is
good
advice
and
great
news
to
many
of
you
online
gambling
blackjack
fans
out
there
on
the
Internet.
Recently
when
I
was
playing
blackjack
in a
casino
In
Atlantic
City
I
found
myself
winning
a
lot
more
when
I
gave
up
the
typical
strategy
and
went
out
on
my
own.
Was
it
just
luck?
I
think
it
was
because
I
strayed
from
the
safety
net
of
basic
strategy
and
went
out
on a
limb
to
win
more
cash
aggressively.
All
I
can
say
is
that
when
I
sit
down
to a
casino
blackjack
table
and
play
the
strategy
to
the
tee,
I
either
break
pretty
even
or
win
a
bit
or
lose
a
bit.
I
never
win
big.
By
bucking
probability
I
was
able
to
walk
away
from
the
table
a
winner
of
more
money
than
ever
before.
Some
of
the
strategy
I
bucks
was
the
most
basic
of
blackjack
strategy
structure.
I
didn’t
worry
whether
I
was
taking
the
dealers
bust
card.
I
didn’t
worry
about
changing
the
order
of
the
cards.
I
didn’t
let
the
guy
to
my
left
piss
me
off
when
he
took
any
of
my
would-be
cards.
Most
difficult
but
rewarding
for
me
was
that
I
didn’t
always
assume
the
dealer
had
a
ten
in
the
hole.
That
was
difficult
but
done!
I
didn’t
even
have
the
mind
set
that
always
taking
even
money
is a
sure
thing.
Let
me
explain
in a
bit
more
detail
where
I
was
coming
from
in
my
mind
when
I
strayed
from
the
proper
strategy
that
this
game’s
pros
tell
me
to
follow.
Yes,
there
are
four
times
as
many
10s
in a
deck
than
any
other
card
when
playing
blackjack,
but
by
not
accepting
the
dealer
as
someone
holding
a
ten
in
the
hole
every
time
I
got
myself
out
many
hands
that
would
have
pushed
and
instead
I
won
them.
Recently
when
I
was
playing
blackjack
in a
casino
In
Atlantic
City
I
found
myself
winning
a
lot
more
when
I
gave
up
the
typical
strategy
and
went
out
on
my
own.
Was
it
just
luck?
I
think
it
was
because
I
strayed
from
the
safety
net
of
basic
strategy
and
went
out
on a
limb
to
win
more
cash
aggressively.
All
I
can
say
is
that
when
I
sit
down
to a
casino
blackjack
table
and
play
the
strategy
to
the
tee,
I
either
break
pretty
even
or
win
a
bit
or
lose
a
bit.
I
never
win
big.
By
bucking
probability
I
was
able
to
walk
away
from
the
table
a
winner
of
more
money
than
ever
before.
Some
of
the
strategy
I
bucks
was
the
most
basic
of
blackjack
strategy
structure.
I
didn’t
worry
whether
I
was
taking
the
dealers
bust
card.
I
didn’t
worry
about
changing
the
order
of
the
cards.
I
didn’t
let
the
guy
to
my
left
piss
me
off
when
he
took
any
of
my
would-be
cards.
Most
difficult
but
rewarding
for
me
was
that
I
didn’t
always
assume
the
dealer
had
a
ten
in
the
hole.
That
was
difficult
but
done!
I
didn’t
even
have
the
mind
set
that
always
taking
even
money
is a
sure
thing.
Let
me
explain
in a
bit
more
detail
where
I
was
coming
from
in
my
mind
when
I
strayed
from
the
proper
strategy
that
this
game’s
pros
tell
me
to
follow.
Yes,
there
are
four
times
as
many
10s
in a
deck
than
any
other
card
when
playing
blackjack,
but
by
not
accepting
the
dealer
as
someone
holding
a
ten
in
the
hole
every
time
I
got
myself
out
many
hands
that
would
have
pushed
and
instead
I
won
them.
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