Here are a few tips to help you out at the blackjack tables next time you want to play online. Take them to heart, they can really help.

Keep your emotions under control. The dealer is only the messenger of fate. Don't take you're losses out on him.

Always remember you can win. You didn't bring $100 to a casino to play with and lose. If you are losing at a particular table, set a three-losses-and-you-move routine.

Focus on the dealer and his up card, not your neighbor's cards. If other players at the table are upsetting you with their playing strategies, you can move.

Drinking and gambling do not mix. Players have been known to lose thousands waiting for their free drink.

You must have discipline, so set loss limits and win goals.

Only bet what you can afford to lose. Rent, car payments and other day-to-day expenses have no place in a casino.

Even the small blackjack player deserves to be rewarded for her play. There is nothing wrong with asking for a free breakfast, lunch or something smaller like a deck of cards or a pair of dice. But since pit personnel are most likely not tracking your play, you will need to ask.

Most players don't even consider the rules before they sit down and play. If you don't know the rules or any of the playing stratagies of blackjack, learn the game on a 25-cent video blackjack machine. A five-dollar blackjack game should not be your classroom.

When you feel tired, it's time to call it quits, or at least take a break and rest for an hour or two.

Please email me if you have tips of your own to share.

~Gary Hibbert

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