CasinoCityTimes.com

Home
Gaming Strategy
Featured Stories
News
Newsletter
Legal News Financial News Casino Opening and Remodeling News Gaming Industry Executives Author Home Author Archives Author Books Search Articles Subscribe
Newsletter Signup
Stay informed with the
NEW Casino City Times newsletter!
Recent Articles
author's picture
 

Worst dealer's upcard and more (questions)

26 March 2010

This month I decided to have some fun and ask you a few questions about blackjack. See if you know the answers to the following questions (answers will be in a future article).

1. The most important card on the table is:

  1. The cut card
  2. Your first card.
  3. The third baseman's draw card.
  4. The dealer's upcard.

2. The dealer's worst upcard is:

  1. 2
  2. 5
  3. 6

3. The dealer busts about 2 times out of every 7 hands. True or false.

4. When the rules specify that the dealer must hit soft 17, she will bust less often. True or false.

5. The best seat at a blackjack table is third base because you can control whether the dealer will bust. True or false.

6. On which of these players hands should you take insurance:

  1. 20
  2. 17
  3. Blackjack
  4. Never

7. Your dealer is sloppy and exposes her hole card. It is illegal to use the information that you just saw to make a playing decision. True or false.

8. It doesn't make any difference how the dealer shuffles the cards (manual or automatic shuffler). True or false.

9. Bringing a strategy card to the table is perfectly legal. True or false.

10. In a hand-held game of blackjack, you should not:

  1. Pick up your cards until the dealer is finished dealing.
  2. Hold the cards with two hands.
  3. Place the cards below the level of the table.
  4. Expose the cards.

11. It doesn't make any difference how you position your chips in the betting spot. True or false.

12. Coloring up means:

  1. You want the dealer to use a specific color (red or blue) on the backs of the playing cards.
  2. You want to change some red chips for green chips.
  3. You are done playing and want the dealer to exchange your small denomination chips for larger denomination chips.

13. You will win 50 percent of the hands. True or false.

14. The best time to increase your bets is:

  1. You've won two hands in a row.
  2. The dealer is consistently busting.
  3. You've lost several successive hands.
  4. Never.

15. You should use the same blackjack playing and betting strategy when you play in a blackjack tournament. True or false.

16. Blackjack is the number one table game. True or false.

Henry Tamburin

Henry Tamburin is the author of the best-selling book, Blackjack: Take The Money and Run, editor of the Blackjack Insider e-Newsletter, and Lead Instructor for the Golden Touch Blackjack course. For a free 3-month subscription to his blackjack newsletter with full membership privileges, visit www.bjinsider.com/free. For details on the Golden Touch Blackjack course visit www.goldentouchblackjack.com or call 866/WIN-BJ21. For a free copy of his casino gambling catalog featuring over 50 products call 888/353-3234 or visit the Internet store at www.smartgaming.com.

Henry Tamburin Websites:

www.smartgaming.com

Books by Henry Tamburin:

> More Books By Henry Tamburin

Henry Tamburin
Henry Tamburin is the author of the best-selling book, Blackjack: Take The Money and Run, editor of the Blackjack Insider e-Newsletter, and Lead Instructor for the Golden Touch Blackjack course. For a free 3-month subscription to his blackjack newsletter with full membership privileges, visit www.bjinsider.com/free. For details on the Golden Touch Blackjack course visit www.goldentouchblackjack.com or call 866/WIN-BJ21. For a free copy of his casino gambling catalog featuring over 50 products call 888/353-3234 or visit the Internet store at www.smartgaming.com.

Henry Tamburin Websites:

www.smartgaming.com

Books by Henry Tamburin:

> More Books By Henry Tamburin