The most necessary point every gambler must learn before beginning to play real Blackjack game is the Basic Strategy Blackjack. The Basic Strategy Blackjack is the simplest and the number one way to gamble in all the gaming combinations without the need to turn to the card counting strategy. The basic Strategy Blackjack was created by the MIT mathematics professor 0. Thorp which used the outcomes of the computer simulation and developed statistically the best solutions for each probable gaming situation. The results of Edward 0. Thorp’s research were combined in a chart that is now considered as one of the strongest tools in bringing down the house. The charts are called the Basic Strategy Blackjack tables. These Strategy Blackjack tables are even sold as the size of a credit card so that every gambler would take the table with him to the casino and be confident he/she is playing number one system available nowadays. Most houses allow the reference to strategy tables, so any novice is to feel safer with one of the best tools by his hand.

One of the most common basic Strategy Blackjack rules are:

1. do not use the Insuring (as Insurance option is one of the methods the house takes its profit from, it is good only for experienced card counters, that understand exactly when the croupier has a ten in the hole);

2. do not forget to split two 8’s (as the hand combination of 16 is a stiff one, it is highly probable to bust and less probable to win);

3. never split tens (as all the ten valued cards are known to be of the same rank)

4. surrender on 16 opposing to the croupier 10 etc.

There are also so-called “rule versions” that effect the basic tactic, among those is the number of decks used and if the croupier hits on soft 17. The others are if the Surrender option is allowed, to what quantity is Splitting pairs permitted, is the Doubling Down permitted after split and so on.

Correct use of the Basic strategy for a long period results in decreasing the house edge from 7-8% to nearly 1%. This is very great for the gamer as it raises his winning probabilities.

Using this strategy in combination with card counting gives a great advantage to the gambler. Although, everyone using the General tactics should remember that the Basic Blackjack tactic does not promise that you will most probaly win, it just shows the best mathematical decision for every hand depending on all the odds and probabilities.