Casino Blackjack is this a good strategy??

Question

Im going to the Casino on Saturday and i go quite often, normally losing my money. I thought of a way to possibly win money and im just wondering what you guys think. I assume you would have heard of the martingale system for roulette? You can lose lots of money to win 1 unit profit. They say that black jack is the best for people to play at casino as you have a higher percentage of winning, supposedly its the only game that beats the casino. What would happen if you did the following:

1st hand - £2

2nd hand - £4

3rd hand - £8

4th Hand - £16

5th Hand £32

Total betis costing you £62 to win £2, thats only if it goes that far. can the dealer stop you from doubling up. lets be honest what is the chance of losing 5 games of blackjack in a row. The dealer must go bust surely in 1 out of 5 games wot u think?? Saying that the player could also go bust so what if i just stayed every hand regardless of wat it was and hope the dealer busts within 5spins? Worth a try?

Answer 1

Yep the old Martigale.(There's also Great Martigale,the scale going 1-3-7-15-31-63-that's B=(B*2)+1).

Yep always fails.

If you try it, I'd love to know the results-good luck anyway!

Answer 2

Pyramid system? You'd need billions!

Answer 3

Here's another blackjack money management system that I like to use:

Start with 1 unit:  If you lose at any time, your next bet is one unit.  If you win, leave the one unit out there.

If you win again, double your bet to 2 units.

For all further wins, increase your bet by 1 unit and bank the rest.  If you lose, go back to the beginning.

Answer 4

If Blackjack was the only game to beat the casino, why on earth would any casino have it on the floor.  I have seen this system played many tiomes (I have been working in Casino's for over 15 years) and find it hilarious that people still think they have 'cracked it' when they come up with this system.

The best game on the floor is Dice (also known as Craps).  This is bacuae one of the bets on the table pays what is know as true odds.  This means there is no house advantage by playing this particular bet.  Do not misconstrue this as meaning it has a player edge.

Don't think you are ever going to find a strategy, keep trying though if you like.  It's people like you that keep people like me in a job...remember this, Las Vegas was not built on 99c breakfasts.

Answer 5

This system, known as the Martingale System, fails EVERY time it is used.  You may experience short term success, but you could also have short term success with any 'system'.  There are two barriers to success with the Martingale.

1.  Table limits - Tables have both minimums and maximum betting limits.  These are not simply random amounts, the house only allows limits that enable the player to double a losing wager 6 times.  I've seen players lose 20 hands in a row on multiple occasions.  

2. Common sense - Eventually you will be risking $2000 in order to profit $5, does that even sound right?  

Play basic strategy and you will lower the houses edge as much as possible and you will have a good time.  Enter the game hoping to win, but don't expect to win, too many players are delusional and think they can beat the house...good luck on your ace!  You will find free Blackjack tips, tools and a chart that shows when to hit, stay, double down, and split at http://GamblingReviewsSite.com/casinogam...

Answer 6

All blackjack tables have an upper limit and a lower limit.

If the lower limit is £1 then the upper limit is usually £200

The dealer would only stop you doubling up if it means going over the table limit.

Any strategy is always worth a try.

The important thing is to only take with you the amount of money you can afford to lose.  Also leave your credit and debit cards and your cheque book at home so you wont be tempted to spend more.

Just look upon the amount you take with you as the cost of an evening`s entertainment.

Answer 7

You are right in that Blackjack has the better odds for the player, but it is not a game that beats the Casino.  There is no such game.

Blackjack has the better odds for the player only because the player has so much input as to what he wants to do.  Eliminating the higher percentage of "Chance."

I always play the six deck Blackjack and count only the Aces, a total of 24 for the six decks.

Good luck and gamble intelligently.

Answer 8

Blackjack is not an ideal game to use a martingale sytem because the odds of winning ar somewhat far off from 50% the actual number for a net win is 43.31% and a net loss is 47.89% with pushes filling the remainder.  For a martigale sytem the requires net wins it is less than ideal.

You are correct in it having the best overall odds though this is due to the players ability to double down, split and get pay 3:2 for blackjack where the dealer cannot.  Also this is only true if you play perfect strategy, such simple strategies such as "assuming the dealer has  ten in the hole" yeild enormous house andvantage and should be tossed out the window asap.

A martingale system does increasy you chances of a net win in one session, however in the sum of all sessions you will lose more money since your bets will be higher and you will also see astronomically huge losing streaks do to raising your bet after a loss,  losing ten hands in a row is not all that rare.

Answer 9

Without cheating, you will never beat the 'house.'