Personal Experience Tips

Main Idea

Strategy

Blackjack

 

Rely on your own instincts and not the instincts of others.  Unless you have no idea what you're doing, don't take the advice of others, they are in the game for themselves and most people aren't at the table to help you.  They want to win as much, if not more, than you do.  Don't let people tell you to take one for "the team."  There is no team.  

Winning isn't everything.  Don't be afraid to take a risk.  Losing isn't the end of the world.  If you're losing too much, just leave.  
I always assume that the dealer has a ten because that is the most frequently show card in the game.  If you have any thing over 11, there's always a chance that you could bust.

Blackjack

The dealer is like a machine,  (s)he has no say in weather to stay or hit.