In your opinion, what is main characteristic in a good '21' player?

Question

To play this g*y is very hard, so what do you think a good player need to have to win it.

Answer 1

someone that puts no emotion into it

Answer 2

Discipline.

I see WAY too many blackjack players that will go against "the book" because they feel that the next card will help them. Or I see players that will bet $10 normally and then they will bet $50 on a whim because they feel like they are due to get a big hand.

This is the wrong way to play. Stick with basic strategy and a consistant betting pattern to beat blackjack in the long run.

Answer 3

Call the game by its real name, Blackjack and I will answer.

Answer 4

guts.

Answer 5

I think you need to be completely single minded.

You need to have the self discipline to sit and play the game like a machine, ignoring your emotions, and following perfect basic strategy, along with your particular card counting method, in a methodical and mechanical way.

Most people can't do this.  They get distracted or bored.  Or they lose a bunch of money and it gets them worried or off their game.

The math only works if you follow the program perfectly and to the letter.  You can't play a hunch, you can't simply change what you are doing.  You have to stick with it, no matter how much you are winning or losing.

Having the discipline to learn this skill (which will certainly take a while to learn it well), and then apply it in a live casino with all the distractions, is a unique and complex skill.  Fact is, most people who try, don't have what it takes.  Which is why casinos probably don't give a c**p about the movie 21, or all the hundreds of people trying their hand at card counting.