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black jack is a game that reminds me somewhat of a rollercoaster. It is a game that starts out slowly, but gradually gets faster. As you build up your bankroll, you feel like you are getting up to the top of the coaster and then when you least expect it, the bottom drops out.

Blackjack is so akin to a crazy ride the similarities are unreal. As is the case with the popular fair ground experience, your blackjack game will peak and things will appear to be going well for a time before it bottoms out yet again. You have to be a player who can adjust well to the ups … downs of the game especially given that the game of blackjack is full of them.

If you like the tiny coaster, a coaster that cannot go too high or fast, then bet small. If you find the only way that you can enjoy the rollercoaster ride is with a larger bet, then hop on for the mad ride of your life on the monster coaster. The big spender will love the view from the monster wild ride because they are not considering the drop as they rush hastily to the top of the game.

A win goal and a loss limit works well in black jack, but very few players adhere to it. In black jack, if you "get on the rollercoaster" as it’s going up, that is a lovely feeling, but when the cards "go south" and the coaster begins to flip and turn, you had better get out in a hurry.

If you do not, you might not remember how much you enjoyed the view while your bankroll was "up". The only thing you will remember is a lot of uncertainties, a wicked ride and your head in the air. As you are remembering "what ifs", you won’t recall how "high up" you went but you will clearly remember that catastrophic drop as clear as day.