Top 10 Misplayed Blackjack Hands 

Good tips boss

very nice video

Most casinos deal a 6 or 7 card blackjack shoe. What are the most common differences in basic strategy between a 2 card and a 6 card deck?

Good one. Thanks for the tips

No one reading the comments here should listen to any posted reply by Piedad Stoffel. That dude has no clue what he's talking about. Casinos love him because he gives them a nice increase in the house percentage, and I love him because he gives them money that I could go and rake in because I'm not a moron, and I play mathematically correct.

Only drink if people are buying them for you to help them! good tips

Blackjack is so easy once you learn how to play by the book. Just basic gambling after that.

Not sure about the odds, but I personally would not double down more times then you suggested. I will double down only on 10 or 11 and then only if the dealer doesn't have a 10 or Ace.

Double 9 vs 2? I don’t think that’s correct, they do have double deck with 3-2 blackjack. I’ve actually play a few with double after a split and stay on s17 as well.

Good basic video on strategy, but I would have to say that you referenced basic strategy as being made by Mike Shackleford (Wizard of Odds). However that's incorrect. Basic Strategy was invented decades prior to the WOO website, by the four horsemen, who wrote a paper called "Optimal Strategy for Playing Blackjack" way back in the 1950's, then was analyzed and optimized by Ed Thorpe at MIT. Some useless trivia, but it's always good to know the history of the game.

Where do I get a stragetry card? Could you send me one? Thanks

yeah what charts is this guy reading??

You are wrong on the 2nd one. You should double on a soft 18 against a dealer's 2. Especially in a 2 deck game. The truecount threshold for doing this is -.52. That means you double soft 18 against 2 if the truecount is anything more than NEGATIVE .52. Which means basic strategy says you should do it in general, as that is what is calculated for a truecount of 0. You are also actually wrong to say you should double 11 against ace. The truecount threshold for that decision is actually the closest to 0 of anything, even closer than 16 against 10. The truecount threshold is -.04. Which means technically it increases your expected return if the count is 0 to double 11 against ace, but it is so slightly, that it is not worthwhile to do it for it raising the standard deviation of the outcome by doubling your bet, for the case of kelly optimality where you are concerned with your bankroll on a logarithmic scale and steps back are more substantial than steps forward. Meaning, only double 11 against ace if the count is actually POSITIVE. Note that includes the ace and the cards comprising the 11, so if you have a 4 and a 7 or a 5 and a 6, then there's a positive count from those 3 cards and it's worthwhile. And really the ace counts as a low card for that scenario, since you don't want to get an ace when doubling on 11, so the count is ostensibly high enough to justify it, if you aren't counting cards and know nothing but those 3 cards. But in general, only double 11 against ace if the count is positive, not 0 or negative.

to the text below mine, i always play a 2 deck pitch down shoe. Thats all i will play. Also, I DISAGREE WITH YOUR theory on how to play 5's against a bust card like 5 or 6. I ALWAYS SPLIT THEM, YOU ARE NOT BETTING TO GET 21 IN THIS SECANARIO but betting the dealer will bust out so you have mulitple ways to get either a ace, 2,3,4,5 or 6 after the split, then you can double again and make twice as much money. I just think could increase your odds. Who says they have a 10 under, that is a very dangerous assumption. (sorry for misspelled words, can find my glasses) If you get this, do you have a video on how many units to bet?????? Or does it stay the same. I personally press a little bit when winning and bet table min when losing.

There are weak cards, not dealer bust cards, drink after you make your goal or go to AA.

12 vs. 2 and 3 you stay if the count is high. But normally you hit. Assuming you are counting cards which you should be if you are playing blackjack. Don’t play unless you are counting cards and using deviations

6 deck . . not 8 (mistake) I've never seen. 1 or 2 deck, however I've played only Atlantic City, Mississippi, & Reno . . . never Vegas !

At Golden Nugget on Fremont Street you can’t have the basic strategy card BUT you can have the basic strategy written on paper.

You shouldn't split 7's against an 8 unless the true count equals or exceeds +5. That's if you can double after splitting. Good content though.

When you split 4's it is dealt faceup. You never want to split 4's if you cant double after a split.

From my point of view you shouldn't drink while you playing

if someone splits 5's u better just leave the table

This video was MISPLAYED.....WTF

Explain this to me. Against a dealer's 4, basic strategy says to hit soft 14, but double soft 15. If you double them both, they have the same chance to hit 17, same chance to hit 18, 19, 20 or 21. While I was typing this, I think I found the answer already, but I'll just leave this here as a brain teaser.

If you are playing with 2 decks or less, double 9 vs. a dealer's 2. If you are playing with more than 2 decks, hit 9 vs. a dealer's 2.

Basic staregy is the best way to play every hand proven by computer simulations and math. Blackjack is a game of skill follow what basic staregy says slightly change based on the rules how many decks wither the dealer hits soft 17 or stands on soft 17. You can get this charts online or at the casino.

Ok....! 1st of all double deck you cant double down on any two cards. 2nd you can mainly double down on 10 &11 maybe a 9 if you find a casino allows that. Really don't know where you go off talking about all those doubling on double deck .

In the double on 11 scenario the odds of a 10 is 4 out of 12 or 1/3 of the deck. You just checked for an ace. So you know the down card is not an ace, which leaves 12 possible options left. Also, all around the country including Indian run casinos the vast majority of games are 6 and 8 deck face up games. It's even hard to find a dealer stay on all 17's game. And don;t get me started on 6:5 blackjack.

I would not always split aces and eights u could lose 2 hands instead of 1

Never play a game that doesn’t let you double after split

this guy is a expert.

There are different charts out there for a double deck game on different websites so this is somewhat of an opinion

I'm not sure how basic strategy differs when playing 2 deck as opposed to 6 deck. I watched the video and I felt as if he was giving bad advice in many of the instances he presented. But like I said he was dealing from 2 decks so maybe there's a difference. Also, the dealer was standing on all 17's. I dealt in a casino where we dealt a 6 deck shoe, no surrender and hit soft 17. I know basic strategy for that particular set of rules.

a hard 9 against a 2? whats a hard 9?

Why so much time spent on splitting 7's so rare. Then you spent so little time on A7 the most misplayed hand with 3 options depending on dealers up card. How about 9's against an 8 or 9 people always say I'm not messing with an 18. I always hit my 12 against a 3. but to be fair it is one of the closest plays in BJ, it's almost 50-50. One thing to remember is that when a dealer has a 7 or higher showing he only busts 24-26% of the time. So, all those people who stay on 15 and 16, will only win 1 out of 4 hands. They lose 75% of the time.

Two deck shoe??? WTF. Where are you playing, your Mom's house?

Blackjack Play 1 hand better for player 300 dollars Or Play 3 hand better for player 100 100 100 dollars Why

This is rather irrelevant when considering most casino stacks are eight deck . . . this two deck, doesn't happen ! I've never seen a two deck shoe !

So the rules you are setting to "teach" are the most rare blackjack rules ever that give the player as much of an advantage as possible? At least make it so dealer hits soft 17. Jesus.

Rookie - @ 4:45 he wants to double down and puts his chip beside the original one indicating a desire to split. Rather than putting it behind the original indicating a desire to double down. Shows his real knowledge of the game.

I would only double down when the DEALER has up a 5 or 6

Never split fours just hit

I dealt blackjack while I was in college (it was a good job.) The only hand from basic strategy that I disagree with is ALWAYS splitting 8’s. Against a 9 or 10, you’re throwing your money away. You’re better off hitting.

Hard 9 vs dealer is not a double hand.

Ed Thorpe created basic strategy 😬

16 vs. dealer 10 is the most misplayed hand. In this situation, you surrender. Otherwise, you hit. Don't stand on 16 vs. a dealer's 10.

Okay okay, I get it, way too much thinking trying to have fun. I'll be the lazy idiot dumping money in slots and roulette forever...

splitting 5's against a dealer's 6 is just based on a people greediness - they want to get 2 low cards to double them both and win 4x instead of 2x in a scenario of a double down instead of splitting... and by the way - if dealer will show me an ace when ill have 11 i will take an insurance despite of all basic strategies, because i want to at least get even if there's a BJ out there, if i'll lose half my bet i still can win 1,5X, but i will take an insurance ONLY in case if dealer will give me an instant answer whether he has BJ or not, because some tables make it AFTER all players finished their drawing.

These hands are so misplayed, He actually misplayed one himself ! Do not split 7's against dealer 8. Also, good luck finding these table rules anywhere except the high limit room.

Don’t use basic strategy unless your going to be playing a lot of hands. For me I never hit 16s unless I see a lot of 10s come out. Do whatever you feel in the moment, you’re not going to win money going off a book.

Hard 9 against dealer 2 just hit don't double

Your A7 vs. 2 is wrong. You double A7 vs. 2-6, stand 7 and 8 and hit 9, 10 and ace

If u go by a basic strategy card u are playing right into casino advantage

No offense to Shackleford but he's completely wrong on the Baccarat betting concept.

I would not split 7 on dealer 6 stay on hand

Never split fours

How about 6 decks

Less than 50/50 to win on a double...no thanks, I'll take a hit thank you very much. Figure anything less than 9 will more than likely lose, or has for ME, every time I have tried it over the last 60 years or so. 39 "good" cards out of (104 -3 seen =) 101 cards or about a 38.6% chance to win with a double down. Even adding 8 as a "good" card still gives only a 46.5% chance. NOTE: I consider the chance of busting is offset by the chance you TOOK the Dealer's bust card and the chance of losing double vs winning single by hitting.

Who The Hell Splits 5s Against A 6 😂

NEVER EVER SPLIT 8's vs an Ace & vs a 10 even though the darn book nor any Expert tells you to do so.. it's SUICIDE!!! I've been playing BJ since 1983 and I'm talking thru experience. When I was a neophyte BJ player, I used to follow that darn book that says ALWAYS split 8's. So, l did in many instances & l barely made it. True, l won a few times when I split my 8's vs an Ace & vs a 10 but ONLY WHEN I WAS REALLY VERY LUCKY at the tables and I couldn't do anything wrong!! I started playing BJ when I was 33 years old and I'm 74 now. I STILL love playing the game of BJ and I could say that it's the BEST game in the casino followed by VIDEO POKER!!! Love those 2 games. My advice to gamblers: ALWAYS QUIT WHILE YOU'RE AHEAD!!!

The basic strategy plays right into casino advantage

So many times I've seen my friend double on his 11 when the dealer shows a 10, and he gets a shitty card and loses double his money. I NEVER double my 11 the dealer has a potential 20 or 21. Bad choice, and bad advice.

I would not split 77 on a dealer 6 I would stay on hand

That card plays right into casino advantage player bust

Soft 17 against the dealers two or three you double. Do not split sevens against dealers eight. I stopped watching the video After those two mistakes

You are the first one that says 11 against ace double down. Are you kidding me?

Most misplayed hand is 8-8 vs. a 10.

Hard 9 against a 2 is just hit not double

You only split aces and eights

Worst. Casino. Ever! :)

this is how to lose

K,

soft 18 and your doubling down against a 3, seriously 0o

I would not hit 12 or 13 against dealer 2 or 3

At least show the cards instead of keeping them face down...

Uuj

How have 66,000 people watched this elementary video?

You need to go go back to school, totally cr*"ap lol

Basic strategy is for losers

This guy has no idea what he’s doing

who plays on a 2 deck shoe. this is horrible advice

Take this video down and redo it

Boring!!