Blackjack and POker Basics
When I first started gambling playing poker and blackjack, I thought that it was a crapshoot. If you got decent starting cards, you would do well, and if you got a bust hand, then you were most likely screwed. The excitement for me came when you made a stupid hit and lucked out with a small card instead of busting. Needless to say, I the novelty quickly wore off and I chose to stick with poker, only playing blackjack when I had a minimal time to play and a few bucks to throw away.
Eventually I decided to try blackjack with a more systematic approach, and I found that when you play the odds, things get a lot more interesting-and lucrative. Here are a few things to watch out for:
-The first thing is to always assume that any card you can’t see is a ten. More often than not, like in poker you’ll be right.
The dealer’s cards: -If he’s got a bust card (4 through 6), assume that he’ll bust. Don’t knock yourself out trying to get to 21. It’s also a good idea to double down and split if you can. -If he’s got a stay card showing (7 through 10), then try to at least match him, if he’s got a seven then draw until you have at least 17. It’s worth risking the bust. -Be careful if the dealer shows a 2 or 3. They’re usually called the dealer’s Ace, and for good reason. The dealer’s worst case in this situation is having a 12 or 13, and even then there are a lot of cards that can save his hand. I always try to get my card value as high as possible when I see those cards.
Poker and Relationships, Chips and Colours
Chips become an involved task of learning. The color of the chips can bring joy or sadness if gained or lost. Adding, subtracting brought into one’s life again by simply betting on a poker hand.
The things you learned when you were younger, suddenly reappear in online poker. How to react to someone, how to add, subtract and even how to lie. All things learned when you were a child.
Sitting and looking at the computer monitor can remind you of how you first learned to work a computer. Seeing the images of the cards that play your hand in poker, can bring back how you first learned how images worked on your pc. Everything comes back in array of chips, tables, cards and characters of the players.
Learning to play poker is a relationship with you and the cards. Just like a child when you learned how to first form friendships. Poker can reestablish the thrill of being able to interact with your first friend.
Poker can also remind you of when you had a first fight with your friend. You learned how to deal with an argument. In poker, you learn how to deal with why or how you may have lost that hand. A relationship breaker or a new step in your involvement is made.