I love Blackjack, but if Im honest, I get a little frustrated having to constantly consult the strategy cards.
I know why the strategy cards exist to lower the house edge (put simply, the house edge is the percentage of money bet that the casino expects to win) to as close as 1% as possible.
But because the ultimate strategy must cover every possible combination of your cards and the dealers cards, I find them too complex to memorize exactly. The result is that Im taking time away from the game to pore over the charts to see what the optimal move is. All of which reduces my enjoyment of the game.
And of course, this is only possible when Im playing Blackjack online. If I were playing it at a real bricks and mortar casino, Id be politely asked to leave before Id made half a dozen bets!
The ideal Blackjack strategy would be easy to remember and apply, and result in a house edge of 1%. Of course, that ideal cant exist, so all Blackjack strategies are a compromise between those two goals simplicity and accuracy.
Any strategy is going to be more or less inclined towards one of these extremes. When choosing a strategy, your decision comes down to...