Card counting, ace locating, shuffle tracking  - all use mathematical principals to give you an advantage.  All you have to do is use your brain to give you the advantage!

Its not illegal, its just that the casinos don’t want too many people to know about it.

Most people answer, “What?”

Some of heard of the french Boules or the more common bowls and petanque.  But it is basically about throwing your balls as close to the jack as possible.  So you first of all throw the jack, which is a slightly smaller ball, out about 5 metres away.  Then you throw your balls as close as you can to the jack. Each player or team can also knock their opponents balls or the jack out of the way.  Closest to the jack gets the most points and wins.

Bocce originated in Italy (boccia means to bowl in Italian…).  Whilst the game may be relatively small in the US, USAbocce.com are working hard to raise the professionalism of Bocce.  Check it out… it may be the game for you!

I watched a program on how animals are aware of coming disasters like the tsunami, they all moved to higher ground and away from danger… now that’s amazing!!

We think we are so clever, but if we go back to nature and use some natural design techniques, we could be even smarter.  Technology is cool, but you have to wonder… have we become slaves to our gadgets??  A flat battery and watch how people lose it when they can’t use their phone.  We have become so reliant on our gadgets that when they don’t work we are hopeless.

Maybe one day we will all go back to a more natural way of life… a sustainable one…

This is your Earth junkie signing off for today…

There are a lot of odds to know for the different situations and I know it is difficult to remember them all.  One tip, if you are playing online blackjack, you can get a blackjack odds calculator, which will help you work out the odds and tell you what to do.

It gives you so much more confidence going into the game knowing that you are making the right decision.  You may not always win, thats the game… but the chances are greater of winning.  Whatever it takes to learn the odds for blackjack, you have to do it.  Remember the dealer already has an advantage over you which you have to negate and then turn around, so that the advantage lies with you.

Thats what has made tournament blackjack so popular is the competitive nature.  Everyone likes to try and beat the house, but it gets a bit one dimensional after a while, you never really know how good you are, apart from how high your stack is or how full your pockets are… But when you play against the other players often, then you will get an idea of where you fit into the ranking.

Learn the tips for blackjack tournament strategy, hopefully you will increase your winnings and climb the rankings!

Or you could play online flash games, you can get ArcadeSlot - Free flash casino games online, with a wide choice to keep you entertained for hours, whilst you are waiting for things to happen… or just doodle…

Sounds simple I know, but many beginners forget this simple message.  There’s only one person to beat… its between you and the dealer… the problem is that the dealers can either beat your hand or go bust themselves, and if you don’t stick in the right place you gonna get stuck!

The other thing you can do to try and beat the house, is watch the movie “21″ and learn some blackjack tricks.  The Blackjack Institute is also a good place to learn the basics of card counting and then its just a matter of lots of hard work putting it into practice.

Don’t forget there is still an element of chance, so don’t get mad when you get beaten by the dealer a few times… trust me, it happens.  The thing is to beat the dealer more often and when the stakes are higher!

Let us know so that we can make changes if necessary.  Or notify the casinos themselves of your feedback.

I was playing blackjack online and at one stage I thought there was something wrong with the blackjack site.  I even went as far to log out, leave the blackjack game for a half an hour and then re-join again.  Now its a reputable blackjack site that I recommend to all my friends, so I was real worried that something had gone wrong or else someone was really taking the micky out of me…

Its not so funny when you have your own money riding on the outcome of some randomly generated cards… when they suddenly don’t seem so random after a while…

But then again thats what happens to you sometimes even in real live card games… strange cards can come your way and keep coming your way… lets just hope that it is the right combination of strange cards that help you win at blackjack!

Have fun!