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Practice Drills

It well known that practice is the one who makes it perfect. So, if you want to be successful at blackjack below are 7 drills to help you in that matter:

  1. Basic Strategy

    2. Put down a card representing the dealer's up card, start with a 2 of any suit and than deal for you 2 cards. Play out the hand by hitting, standing, splitting and doubling down. Always guess the correct play first; then check your decision on your basic strategy chart. Next, deal yourself a new hand against the 2. Continue until you finish the entire deck.Next put up the 3 as the dealer's card, then the 4, 5, and so on until you have seen every possible dealer's up card.


  2. Basic Strategy II

    3. Deal for you 2 cards, let's say two 6's and also deal one card which you say is the dealers face up card. Make a decision to spli or not. Play this hand and see what's happening depending on your decision. Than turn over another card as the dealers up card. Continue through the deck exposing a different up-card each time.You will get fifty choices.Continue the drill by selecting other difficult player hands.


  3. Playing Strategy

    4. Imagine you are the dealer and deal out three players hands all face up and for you off course one face up card. Play each hand using basic strategy. Don't play out the dealer's hand.All you want to do is check your own basic strategy skills.


  4. Card counting familiarization

    5. This drill familiarizes you with the value of each card when card counting.I use the Hi-opt I counting system for this example but you can substitute any count system you desire.Subtract 1 for each face or 10 exposed and add 1 for each 3, 4, 5, and 6.Ignore neutral cards Ace, 2, 7, 8, and 9.Turn over one card at a time and announce its value. When you see a high, or minus card, state it as -1, +1 or zero depending on its value. Do the drill until you are completely comfortable in recognizing the value of each card.


  5. Running count

    6. This is done the same as Drill 4 except you now keep a Running Count.You begin the count with zero, then add or subtract one as you see each card.When the last card is turned your count should end with zero, otherwise you've make a mistake.As you count down the deck, say the count silently to yourself.When you see a neutral card, just repeat the count for the last card.


  6. Increasing speed

    7. To help increase your speed instead of mentally saying 'plus one' when you are in the positive count only say 'one'. While in the minus count, state 'mi-one'. This way you are using only one syllable to say 'mi' instead of two with 'mi-nus'. Do the same when saying, 'zero'. Silently say 'z' instead of ze-ro. This will help increase your counting speed.


  7. Deck Scan

    8. To improve your counting speed, hold the deck in your left hand, face-up, and push cards from left to right off the top of the deck.Initially, keep the count in two-card combinations.As you become more adept, you can scan three, four, and even five card combinations.Speed is essential regardless the size of the decks.
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