Joined: Mar '09
Location: Greece
Age: 47 (F)
Posts: 14136
I believe you had better chances with slots than with blackjack. You need to see the payouts of each slot and what kind of bonus or free spins give during play. Some of them are just a waste eitherway, either winning free spins and bonuses, or not. Then start minimum betting and from time to time increase the betting to 2x or 3x hoping to hit free spins
I played with a couple of cent Blackjack at Full Tilt and find it very suspicious.
The Dealer gets VERY VERY often a 10 that you can see, which forces you to take another card, which is very often a 10 as well and you are above 21.
And when they have 2,3,4,5 they manage to draw another card and then they always get to 10 or 11, draw another card, and hit 18,19,20,21.
I played at some casinos with free chips (1 hour free play) and never saw something like that happening. I didn't win either, but at Casinos I don't feel robbed, but at Full Tilt I see the most unbelieveable things happen
Maybe I am just very unlucky the few times I play it.
Joined: May '08
Location: Germany
Age: 59 (M)
Posts: 6786
Even if you play perfect strategy Blackjack is still -ev, even if the house edge is comperable small. So no one should expect to play that game for a longer amount of time, and come out ahead. At least not without a good bonus.
Joined: Mar '09
Location: Greece
Age: 47 (F)
Posts: 14136
Stay away from these bonuses with the one hour free play. These are the worst, misleading and always requiring a deposit which on top has a playthrough, in order to get a cash out.
Joined: May '08
Location: Germany
Age: 59 (M)
Posts: 6786
Actually those bonuses are not that bad.(At least they weren't when i did it) Yes the "free play" only determinds the amount of the bonus, and yes one has to deposit some money, but with higher bets at the start some can be +ev.
Joined: Mar '12
Location: United Kingdom
Age: 45 (F)
Posts: 2261
If you are interested in blackjack I suggest watching a documentary on a guy called Don Johnson who is a professional gambler,the program was on Bloomberg TV and called "The Player.Secrets of a Vegas Whale".I think it is you tube somewhere or you can find it on Bloomberg TV. It's a real eye opener into how the US casinos treat some of the richer players and it shows that the people in charge of the casinos do make mistakes and the house doesn't always win.
