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Scobe's Quick Tips: #51 and #52 (Blackjack Basic Strategy, Craps Money Management)

Scobe's Quick Tip #51

Blackjack basic strategy was derived by a computer and should be followed at all times.

If you can memorize the basic strategy, that's great, but if you can't, you can usually purchase a small card in the casino gift shop that will have a "generic" strategy on it.

Bring that card to the table and use it. The house has about a one-half percent edge on you if you do!

For more information about blackjack read Frank Scoblete's Best Blackjack and John May's Get the Edge at Blackjack.

Scobe's Quick Tip #52

A money-management rule-of-thumb for craps players is to have 10 times the amount of their bet for a session stake.

So if you are going to be up on three numbers with $15 on each when all your numbers are working, then you should have $150 for a stake for that session.

For more information about craps read Frank Scoblete's The Captain's Craps Revolution and Forever Craps.