Re: New Player Needs Some Advice

A couple questions:


What does 'double down' mean? And if you don't mind me asking, why are
you playing based on what the dealer is showing moreso than what
you've got? After all, you're the only one who can bust your own hand
- the dealer is playing the dealer's game, my opinion is not to worry
about that as much as not going over 21.

That's my strategy. As for my computer game being fixed, I highly
doubt it - I never play the game on the 'easy' setting, almost always
'medium' or 'hard'. 

Thanks, Rod


>Double down on 11.  12-16, hit or stand based on what the dealer is
>showing.  17 is the mother in law hand: you don't like it, but you
>can't hit it.  You'll find that gambling in a casino with real money
>is quite a different game than playing on a computer.  Some of the
>computer games are not quite accurate, rules vary by casino, and
>you're not risking any money on a computer game.  As to when to walk
>away, you can win all the money you're capable of winning without
>bringing about the wrath of the casino (the amount you'd have to win
>in order to even get noticed by the casino is more than 99% of us earn
>in a year.)  Know how much you're willing to risk before you get to
>the table, if you lose it, walk away, don't hit the ATM.  As to when
>to walk away with winnings, if I'm winning, I'll set a certain amount
>of chips to the side, and play with the rest, if I lose the chips I'm
>playing with, then I'll leave.  There's no hard and fast number, but
>I've heard it said that it's easy to win in a casino.  The hard part
>is keeping it.  Don't give it all back if you win.