I am going to speak today about some bad blackjack strategies that are out there. It may sound like a pointless subject but by reading about bad strategies you won’t end up using them. No strategy out there is perfect and you can always lose, but there are some that are much worse than other unfortunately.

The first bad strategy is known as never go bust. All this means is that you keep on standing, so you will never go bust, it is played as follows. Every time you have a card value of 11 or under you hit, you may as well do this as you will never go bust.

Whenever you have 12 or more you just stand. What you’re hoping for with this strategy is that the dealer will keep busting because he has to hit up to 16. This does happen sometimes but not often enough to give you a profit; you will lose more than you win. If you visit www.onlineblackjackguru.com you will get a lot more info on this strategy.

Another bad strategy is called mimic the dealer. There are a set of rules that the dealer has to adhere to, normally they have to hit up to 17, and on 17 and over they stand. Some people believe that by mimicking these instructions the odds will now be in your favour.

This sadly is not true at all, although I can understand why people think like this. You need to act and make your decisions first, which is why it works for the dealer. This basically means that most of the time you will be going bust before the dealer has even done anything, this is what brings the house edge in.

What you are better doing is sticking with basic blackjack strategy, as with it you will get much better results over the long term. Remember though that no blackjack strategy is guaranteed to win so always be prepared to lose just as much as you are to win.