Blackjack is a game that somehow reminds me of a crazy ride. It’s a game that starts out slowly, but gradually gets faster. As you ramp up your bank roll, you feel like you are making moves to the top of the coaster and then when you least expect it, the bottom drops out.

Blackjack is so very similar to a wild ride the similarities are unreal. As with the popular amusement park experience, your blackjack game will peak and things will appear as though they are going well for a time before it bottoms out one more time. You have to be a gambler that’s able to readjust to the ups and downs of the game given that the game of black jack is awash with them.

If you like the little coaster, a coaster that will not go too high or fast, then bet small. If you find the only way you can enjoy the roller coaster ride is with a bigger bet, then hop on board for the rollercoaster ride of your life on the monster coaster. The big spender will love the view from the monster rollercoaster because they are not mentally processing the drop as they rush headlong 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 all lovely, but when the cards "go south" and the coaster starts to flip and turn, you had better get out in a hurry.

If you do not, you may not necessarily recall how much you enjoyed the view while your bankroll was "up". The only thing you will remember is a lot of uncertainties, an awesome ride … your head in the clouds. As you are recounting "what ifs", you won’t clearly remember how "high up" you went but you will clearly recall that devastating fall as clear as day.