Giving Bad Playing Advice Sometimes casinos will even make cards with basic strategy available at the table. But they will never insist you follow it. Never be fooled by a dealer’s “sage” advice. “Maybe five percent of dealers know basic strategy…

Most dealers that I’ve observed know very little about basic strategy and nothing about card counting. Telling players to insure their blackjack hands and never to split a pair of 8’s when their upcard is a 10 is simply wrong advice.

✅ Casino Allowed – The Basic Strategy card is 100% allowed in casinos, at the table.

✅ Casino Allowed – The Basic Strategy card is 100% allowed in casinos, at the table.

S= Stand. Dh= Double down if allowed, if not hit. Ds= Double down if allowed, if not stand. Rh= Surrender if allowed, if not hit. Rs= Surrender if allowed, if not stand.

Giving Bad Playing Advice Sometimes casinos will even make cards with basic strategy available at the table. But they will never insist you follow it. Never be fooled by a dealer’s “sage” advice. “Maybe five percent of dealers know basic strategy…

You win if at least one of your first two cards is a 7. You win more if both of your first two cards are 7’s. The payouts increase further if the dealer’s up card is also a 7.

In a standard 6 deck blackjack game each true count will move the house edge half a percent toward the player’s advantage. So a true 1 would basically erase the house edge and blackjack would be an even game. A true 2 puts the player advantage up to about half of 1 percent and the house edge becomes the player’s edge.