By Henry Tamburin Ph.D
- Blackjack is not a team sport. In the long run, the bad play of other players does not affect the house edge against you.
- A player should focus on seven important factors before taking a seat at a blackjack table to maximize his or her long-term results.
- If you don’t know the background of the people offering advice on blackjack playing strategy in print or on the Internet, I’d suggest you google their names to find out if they are reputable players, authors, or better yet, respected blackjack mathematicians.
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I try to ignore how other players play their hands, but there’s one play that just curdles my milk every time. That’s the person who splits tens. They may or may not do well, but it seems like every time someone does this at my table, I start getting Hands From He**–4 or 5 in a row of 14-15-16, or the dealer getting perfect hits, such as a six showing, ten in the hole, I have 20, dealer just HAS to pull a five.
Intellectually, I know his/her play doesn’t hurt my chances in the long run, but emotionally, I need to get away from such idiocy. If someone sits down at my table and makes a bonehead play, Rather than bang my head against the wall, I leave as soon as I lose a hand. There are lots of casinos, lots of tables. Why get aggravated?
I disagree with the fable that bad play by others does not affect my hand(s) – it does. This lie has been stated, not because of the reality that bad play by others causes bad results to others, it is spewed as the gospel in order to keep others from reacting to the stupidity displayed by those who make bad plays.
In the long run, it doesn’t matter how the other people at the table play their cards. Sometimes it hurts you, sometimes it helps you, but it sort of balances out in the end.