Hitting 12v2 and 12v3 and Soft 18 vs 9,10,A = instant verbal abuse from other ploppies. 😂Gotta have a thick skin for this game!

About 20 years ago when I first started playing blackjack I would ask others at the table what their thoughts were when I wasn’t sure what to do. This one older lady told me on soft 18 you play with it till it’s hard 😂

After learning what I did here I called my car insurance and canceled it - they tried to stop me but I just yelled “NEVER BUY INSURANCE!!” and I hung up on them

I like that you're going back to basics rather than explaining more about card counting. It's a nice welcome to those who are new to this channel. Here's how I explain hitting vs. standing on hard totals to new players: Fours, fives, and sixes are up cards that most frequently bust, so you never hit anything that can bust. Sevens and higher don't bust often, so you hit up to 16s. Twos and threes are kind of in-between, so you hit on 12s but nothing higher.

the production quality of these videos is very impressive. the sound and lighting are excellent but i don't think i've seen anyone comment about that before. and the editing is also top-notch of course, and it seems to keep getting better and better with new videos. thanks for putting in all the effort Colin.

What I love about blackjack is you can be above/about average with the basics and it's not a stretch to be good with experience... and that's without any kind of card counting.

Love your video. It reaffirms the strategy that I had developed on my own. I would like to add a few things: Never be afraid to leave a table if it turns "cold", or if others join and they play the game in a way that you don't like. Remember, it is your money. If you like the table and the people you are playing, but the cards turn cold, just lower your bet if you want to keep playing at that table. When you start playing, set a limit on when you should leave. And that includes winning. I have left the casino in 15 minutes at times if it feels off.

Very good information with my over four decades worth of experience working for the house many of these people really need to know how to properly play the game of blackjack the right way...aka high low.

Guilty of the splitting 9s vs 7. It always gets me, it's the one hand. In my mind for some reason no matter how much I remind myself, my gut instinct is split. But I have to slow down.

Thanks for uploading! Gave me a great dopamine hit seeing that notification pop up.

The amount of shit I get for doubling or hitting soft 18s...

I like to play Blackjack since it has one of the lowest house advantages if played right. Knowing the odds on a hand and being disciplined about how you should play that hand is key to keeping that house advantage to a minimum. Easier said than done. I got several good tips from this video! As far as card counting, it seems most casinos today have strategies to counter that with such things as using machines that constantly re-shuffle the decks for instance.

Great video! I am happy to say that I knew the scenarios you spoke of. Where I confuse myself at times is the difference between at Hit or Stand on soft 17. Those small differences get me at times.

Thank you. This video is just what I needed.

Your advice about hitting on 15 and hitting on 12 to lose less. More often than not, my next card put me in a better position. I got a pair of 9's that I did not split, kept the 18 and won! I stayed away from insurance and side bets. I won $300. And most of all I didn't try to chase more money after a few losses. I left the casino as soon as I had a profit.

This is an excellent instructive video.

I thought I played pretty much perfect basic strategy just to realize I’ve been playing soft 18 wrong in many circumstances! Thanks for the great video as always

Mindset is more important for me I've been a counter but for me counting became a way to the next level beyond counting the best way to play an individual hand is remember to not lose what you already won

So glad A-7 was on the title card. I've lost track of the number of people who shake their heads and/or mutter something when I hit it. I remember one said "it's hard enough to beat the casino without people hitting their 18's" LOL.

One time I had a soft 18 vs. dealer 10. Dealer looked at me strange when I chose to hit, and said multiple times "that is 18" before she dealt the card. I ended up having to get dealt 4 more cards, and got to 21. The entire table, including the dealer, looked at me like I was a magician lmao

For a Long time I stayed on 12 but now I know thanks for the help

I hardly ever play blackjack and am definitely not a card counter but I feel good about my play after watching this. The 2 things I have been doing wrong are staying on a soft 18 and not doubling on an 11 against a 10 ( I do against an ace because I know it's not a 10 underneath). Thanks for the tips.

Cute! Thanks for the tips.... Hopefully I can remember some of these the next time I'm at the $5 table.

I'm a dealer and people get upset when another player asks what they're supposed to do and I tell them they should hit a 12 against a 3 or hit a soft 18 against a 10. Those are definitely the two most common ones experienced players have very strong and wrong opinions about.

However, if you ARE a card counter, having a big bet out means that the count is high, and then, taking insurance is the correct play. Therefore, you can use the general fallacy "insure the big hands, nevermind the small ones" to help your cover, and to pretend to be a ploppy.

Beautiful video. Thank you.

I've been binging your videos! Loved a new one today! Also really enjoyed the last one where we could play along and see if we were getting the count correct! Would love several more like that. 👍

God bless this man ❤

Is there an advantage to tipping a dealer? Will they help you later? Like maybe “miscount” and “accidentally” pay you after you lose? Other than feeling generous after a win, do we tip just to be nice to a low-income employee?

I learnt a lot in this video!

Would love to see a video on Spanish 21. I actually learned it before I learned basic blackjack. To my understanding, it's slightly better for the player but wayyyyy harder to play basic strategy.

His videos helped me a lot

Great tips. I'm not ashamed to just pull out the strategy card when in doubt. I keep it in my wallet.

I’ve been a roulette player but coming across your basic strategy guide has been golden. I usually play online fanduel blackjack and I’ve run up to $1500 just off $40 using this strategy chart. Thanks bro

Hey Colin Jones that was a good video These players need to learn basic strategy for blackjack

Great video!

Collin, nice to see you. Hope Thanksgiving with the family was nice for you. Anyone that is afraid to bust when the right move is to hit, needs to understand this fact. Math doesn’t lie. When dealt a stiff hand it’s always better to go down trying. Blackjack is a game of math and hitting when we may not want to but I agree with you 100% in every example you showed today. Typically when I sat on third base, I usually let the table know. I hit 12’s to dealers 2 & 3. You may want to leave if you can’t stomach that. No one ever did however, they were quick to throw it in my face when I took a bust card. Not so much when I saved the table but I always answered, That’s why the cards have backs on them. This was good info to share today. Thanks!!

thx again for the grate tips

Wicked value thanks

16 vs 10 is about half half to hit or stand. If true count is positive stay if negative hit

My first trip to Vegas I hit a soft eighteen versus a ten and lost to a dealer seventeen. Dealer told me she shouldn't have let me do that. I wondered for years if I played it wrong until right now. I feel vindicated haha

Thanks for the video! BTW, my basic strategy card (for 4/6/8 decks, dealer holds on all 17's) indicates that you Stand on a dealer's 2 with a soft 18..

I was playing Blackjack and the person next to me was saying how insurance is a sucker bet but he took even money. When I pointed it out that he just purchased insurance, he argued with me saying he took even money, not insurance.

Good video and very good to see I had most of them correct. The only part that leaves me thinking is the hit on 15 or 16 if the dealer has a 10. If you hit, you risk busting or hitting a low card (A, 2, or 3) and still can end up losing. I would rather take only one risk and hope the dealer busts.

I'm self taught, 6:58 so far everything that you brought up I knew what to do! A lot of it is based off experience, and a lot of it is having the discipline not to be greedy! Not being greedy is the hardest part! What really pisses me off is every time I try to find a partner and tell them what we're doing, they don't believe me etc. I was even dating a girl, and she watched add a full table and I played! It was awesome because I told her watch this several times, and she still was too scared to play! I just want somebody to sit next to me and basically just eat cards! When I count I said at the far end I'm the last person to be dealt, this way if anything happens I have time to catch up! I also use my chips to help keep count, work sample if the couch is eight I have a stack of fire chips and next to them I have a stack of three. Separated from the majority my chips! And sometimes I keep my left hand under the table and I use my fingers! This way if something happens what is splitting cards or doubling down I can maintain my count at the moment, with how many fingers I have on my left hand!

I've learned in situations that gives you different options, once you decide which one to play, do not switch back and forth your options, play the same way in every situation, the cards will even out the variance eventually, the worst case scenario

Hi Colin!, great video, thanks for your training, I got a question to ask you, how is cards counting work? if the casino using automatic shuffle machine on black table, every hand dealt >>cards put back to the machine for shuffle.

I remember seeing this guy's videos exposing the pit bosses 😂

This guy speaks the truth

This is fantastic. I’m going to Vegas in a month and it seems the hardest part of blackjack is the other players and their poor decisions.

If you have a plus 3 or better, that when you want to take insurance.

I’d like to see on a how to for digital blackjack or dealer vs player on both - where it’s just one vs one and not multiples at the table

Wish I watched this before going to Vegas lol NEXT TIME !!

Good that I knew these

Ima try this out man. Wish me luck, remember.... luck is also a factor. Thanks again man

Nice video love your seris .

i knew you could hit soft 18 but i was just learning rules and i would totally forgotten thx ,

Would it make sense to play two hands at a time when possible? Wouldn't that help your EV as its more rounds per hour?

this video was great

Great video. Thank you i was playing soft 18 wrong One hand i hate is 17 vs a 10. I really want to hit cause i know im dead in the water. Its amazing howxmany times i fid mot hit it and a 4 was the next card.bim hitting it from now on

I get kinda conservative on my 12s vs 2 or 3, or soft 18's. But I've seen players split 10's, and I happened to sit in that same table and my turn was approaching and dealt a 12 against 3. I just hit my 12. Everyone else got pissed that I ruined the cards, but the guy who split the 10s already killed it.

I love watching the regulars at the black jack tables get ruffled watching me double soft 18’s vs dealer’s 2 through 6 & hitting vs 9 through Ace. Claiming they know the rules of basic strategy, then their face turning sour when shown the chart lol.

Needed to hear that Hard 15 and 16. I'd come across times when im dealt this hand and I ask to hit and the dealer looks at me with surprised eyes and repeats what I said to make sure she heard me correctly. Even other players at the table would say "you should have stayed or that was a bad move" on the times I do bust the hand. It really makes me double think and reminense about if I should be hitting it the first place. Thanks for the video to bring my confidence back up and basically I just need to say fuck you in my head to the players that say that shit.

Another good video Collins, do you know or does anyone knows, if I can use the basic strategy on the blackjack variant in which the dealer only takes one card?

i never double my 11 hands vs the dealer 10 or ACE if the count is negative.. and it seems to work well for me...

Thanks for this informative video. Should A7 double against dealer's upcard 2-6 even in a two deck blackjack game? Thanks!

Loved your videos! It's been awhile since I have been in Las Vegas. Are most the tables 6to5? Wheere do you find more reasonable Black Jack tables?

I knew every rule correct Yoh!

thx

In New Zealand though, the hard 15/16 rule is different in a way because our casinos don't put a card under their card. They only have one face up card and the next card that comes out of the shoe will be the dealers. So if we hit on a 16 and get a 3, great, but the dealer will have a picture card and that 3 would have been more detrimental to the dealers hand than helpful as the next card will most likely be a picture card and I have just given the dealer a 20 against my 19. We're also not allowed to double down on a soft number in New Zealand. Lame, but that is the rule.

I take my basic strategy card and put it right in front of me on the table. I know most of the plays but there is no reason to rely upon my memory. No issues with the card on the table.

very interesting video

Crazy to think the casino actually hands out the blackjack strategy charts and it tells you what to do! And people still don’t follow it!

The soft 19 double vs a 6 is one that’s rarely talked about …

Im applying martindale into blackjack with resetting bet method after few hands because it comes a time when you have to risk to much in order to get what u put and plus a little bit

It's important to note for the 11 vs 10 double that this only applies for casinos that peek/check for blackjack, as a lot of European/online casinos will only reveal the blackjack during their normal count. (On a 10 upcard. Aces are always insurable/revealed pre-hand)

If you ever come to Australia, please let us know as id like to train with you

After watching that iv realized I have a long way to go with improving my game

when dealer shows 2 or 3 when we have 12 and we then hit, the next card would give us a range from 13-21 for our hand, what are the areas to hit and stand for that range.

I usually go to the low tables for the crazy hands 😂

This only applies in America as in the uk they have auto shufflers so u can't count as every card returns to the deck after each hand

Oh yes. Ofc. Gotta follow the algo 😂

What's the torque specifications on those that's why I watched this instead of reading specs book

Hey Colin the soft 18 explanation is correct pertaining to dealer hitting soft 17, but if you are playing on a table where dealer stands against soft 17, then the correct move on A7 versus dealer 2 is to stand.

At pretty much every table I've ever played at, I'm the only person that hits a 12 against a 2 or 3. It's a little maddening. :)

Do all strategies set out in this video apply to a 2-deck game as well as say a 6-deck game?

Excellent explanations on the common mistakes. I wish everyone in my casino can watch this. I simply cannot enjoy blackjack in casino tables because of these exact mistakes mentioned in this video that I did not commit. I always follow the basic strategy perfectly but when I did the opposite of those mistakes, I will get chastised left and right and getting blamed for causing everyone to lose, especially when I hit on 15,16 against 7 to 9 (but I will surrender against 10). And I'm tired of trying to explain the logic behind the correct decisions. Even the dealer would join them against me. Good thing the casino has the electronic table game for blackjack where there is a real person dealing the card with a 'live' cam, and there is a machine for each player to place bet etc. So one dealer can serve countless number of players depending on the number of machines and we cannot see what other players are doing. It's not the same as those online blackjack but it is difficult to show how this is done in words.

my mistakes are staying on soft 18 and staying on 12 vs 2/3, i used to 12 hit but 22 has burned me so many times. but at least i wont be doing these mistakes anymore

I played last night my first ever table and it was going good for alittle with just me and one other player. Then two other people sat down and started dogging me about nor hitting and what not.

I have no problems taking the 1st hit, it's after the hit that makes me wonder. How many hits should I take? 🤔

Usually it seems kind of ok to buy insurance (regardless of hand dealt) IF the table is full of players and IF none of the players have any face cards. The chances of a dealer having it, it seems to me, is pretty high. But other then that, sure. Yikes doubling on a 12 or 13 to a dealer 2? Also, I can always tell if a blackjack player can play well (seems everyone says they do) by a couple sample hands, chief of which is how they handle their 16's against a dealer 7 (still hit) (or unless your 16 is comprised of 5 or more cards). All not so great players always yelp to STAND, when of course, it is to HIT. So this dude is on point.

What about the push bet offered at Palace Station that pays 10 to one odds in Black jack? Example... If you bet $50 they allow you to bet half that amount on a push bet ( $25 that will pay $250 0n a push ). Is a high 10 count a favorable condition for the push bet? The dealer could end up with 20 just as you could get a two car 20. Your thoughts?

i never hit on a 12 because most of the time if it is just me at the table I end up getting a card valued at 10 and bust. I usually just stay unless the dealer has a face-up 7-10. at 16 they automatically have to pull another card.

So in my tpwn its only a single deck all cards facing down and can only doble on 9 10 or 11 so what to do in this form of play

i think a big thing with thinking i am going to lose so much if i do this wrong if you are playing not to lose instead of playing to win

Is the basic strategy chart you have okay for blackjack with 2 or more decks. Is it all the same?

I'd like to see a video on tribal casinos. Particularly how they might deal with card counters. I'm hearing it could get pretty nasty.

Where can i find the chart for what to hit and what not to hit

Good video, hey, do you think you could make a video about the automatic blackjack slot machine things? I played a electric blackjack machine 6-5 8 deck reshuffle’s every hand. Lol Totally lame.

Good Job, ...I started playing at the age of 15 in Hawthorne, NV ...I would wear a suit and not smile ...and I got known as a good tipper ...at the age of 18 I won $15,000- at Binions Horseshoe in Las Vegas (went to Hawaii for 3 years) came back ...went to dealers school and dealt for 30 years (craps) ...DUDE, the best game is Mini-Baccarat ...I used to take a person out and teach him to be a pro gambler by the end of 24 hours He would give me $1,000- and we would go out and play it win or lose for 24 hours 9 out 10 would enjoy the experience, but would be done with wanting to do it professionally (It is too boring) ...I like your style of teaching and will check out your entire site ...by the way, I never used the charts or memory or martingale (double until you win) The main advantage that the dealer (21) has is acting last ...so I would always sit at 3rd position, alone after 3:00 am on a double deck ...never a single deck or 6 deck shoe with craps I would clock all the games for rolls over 5 to get in (or go home) as a business you can't afford to jump in and loose half you bankroll on a lark ...you want some girl throwing the dice for an hour with a red on the layout My Last Job was at the California in Vegas where they had a GOLDEN ARM TOURNAMENT ...the winner would get $10,000- (always over 60 rolls) ...if you can't make money on that you shouldn't gamble .........................VIVA LAS VEGAS #ONLYVEGAS