Basic Rules

Pronoun Usage

Unless I am telling a true story, I will refer to dealers as female and players as male as a convention. This is in no way meant to suggest that all dealers are female and all players are male. I do this to reduce pronoun confusion, and to avoid awkward structures like he/she or “they” used as a singular pronoun.

The Environment

Image from Casino Vérité Blackjack software

At the far left corner you will see the table minimum and maximum. Keep your bets in this range as it will annoy them and draw attention if you bet outside the range and they do not notice it before the round starts. The range will sometimes change while you are at the table. For example, it is likely to increase at busier times of day. You may or may not be grandfathered, that is, allowed to continue betting at the lower amount.

One note on table limits. Some people will tell you that the purpose of table limits is to prevent people from using progression

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