I just lost $40 but I've never seen so many pushes when I had 19 and 20 in my life! Thank God I ain't that dude from Bad Lieutenant. Do any of you suspect online video blackjack is rigged as opposed to like...you know the real life kind?
― Cyberdune Butt (Elvin Wayburn Phillips), Sunday, 9 August 2009 23:37 (sixteen years ago)
I never did online gamb, but one time I did see a site that had a "try it out for free, no login" version, and the result was always so far away from the 'pure chance' probable result over quite a few tries, I couldn't help but be impressed by their honesty in that matter.
And resolved never to do this ever...
― Mark G, Monday, 10 August 2009 08:33 (sixteen years ago)
I used to make a living on online blackjack. You find a site that offers a £200 sign-up bonus after 1000 hands or whatever, play them, lose about 80 quid on average, take the bonus, his the next site. It's not rigged, or at least it wasn't in 2005 when I did this.
― Gravel Puzzleworth, Monday, 10 August 2009 09:03 (sixteen years ago)
four years pass...
so, not online blackjack, but I've been going on a casino cruise for the last month (with all of the fossils spending their pensions) and playing video blackjack. One thing that has surprised me is that, since I've actually learned the game of blackjack and the appropriate strategies better, I've not come home emptyhanded once. First time, I played for about an hour and won $20. Second, I played for five, and won $57 (though I had been in the +130s and went on a losing streak). Third time, I got a bit more aggressive and won $190, and last time I upped it to $200.
I never seem to lose, but I keep wondering what it is I'm doing right so I don't inadvertently fail to replicate it. Mostly, here's how it goes:
1) I always go into a deep hole for about an hour, anywhere from -$100 to -$200. It never lasts and I always ride it out.
2) Often large chunks of my winnings come from big bets. Usually I bet between $5-$10 per hand, but on occasion, I'll bet $50 - $100 on the rare hand. It's the type of thing that can clean you out quick if you do it too much, but on each night where I cleared $150+, I had won at least one $50 bet.
3) On the nights where I made bigger bets, the first one (where I won $190) I won almost every one of them, but I only made 3-4 of them. The second night, I lost a lot of them but recovered late by betting $15 per hand, going on a win streak, and winning a $60 double down and a $100 straight up bet.
4) Most nights, I play until the final bell, but when I cleared $200, I stopped playing immediately.
Generally I use the blackjack strategy guide rules when I play which mitigates my losses, but I keep feeling like I'm overdue for a big loss if I'm not careful. anybody else thatp lays blackjack have any strategies/insight?
― Neanderthal, Monday, 23 June 2014 19:31 (eleven years ago)