Playing a good game of Blackjack takes a lot of experience and hours of learning strategies and approaches. A new blackjack player has a lot to learn about the game hence making mistakes is inevitable. However, these common mistakes new blackjack players make can be easily avoided for greater chances of winning hands.

Taking Insurance

 

Taking insurance sounds good, but in most cases, it is not worth the trouble and risk. Insurance is a positive move if a player has the experience to accurately count cards, and therefore is almost 100% sure that the dealer has blackjack. Note that unless one is playing in a tournament, the goal in blackjack is to beat the dealer and not necessarily get 21.

The reality of the game is that even the most gifted card counters can only be 80% sure that the dealer has a blackjack. Getting insurance would most likely benefit the casino than the player. Insurance bets are best left to experienced blackjack players.

Money Management

 

A way of limiting the amount of money a player is willing to lose in a game is called the stop-loss money management system. Basically, the system prods a player to stop playing once he reaches his limit. This system may seem to be a winning move, but as a blackjack strategy, it is not. Why?

The game will eventually pay out. If a player quits every time he loses, he will never ever get back up. Good and experienced blackjack players know that losing is all part of the game, and that riding out losses will eventually pay off.

Betting Higher When Winning

 

One may call winning streaks as coincidences, and that is the truth! A few good hands does not equate that the next hands will be winners too. So, it is not to one’s advantage to up one’s bet when on a roll. Believe or not, a few winning hands will not increase the odds of winning.

Even Money Odds

 

Winning the same amount of money that a player bets seems to be a safe way of betting. This practice makes player to bet more on games that has a larger pot to win because they think things will even out in the end, or he has nothing to lose. In the long run, even money will eventually decrease one’s overall winnings. The best “bet” is to know the exact odds before wagering.

As in everything, experience and practice (and a sufficient bankroll) are necessary to win in blackjack.