Blackjack is a game that reminds me somewhat of a roller coaster. It is a game that kicks off slowly, but gradually picks up the pace. As you build up your profit, you feel as though you are on your way to the top of the coaster and then when you least expect it, the bottom drops out.

Blackjack is so remarkably like a roller coaster the similarities are eerie. As with the popular fair ground ride, your black jack game will peak and things will appear to be going great for awhile before it bottoms out one more time. You most certainly have to be a bettor who’s able to adjust well to the ups … downs of the game given that the game of blackjack is choked full with them.

If you like the tiny coaster, a coaster that doesn’t go too high or fast, then bet small. If you find the only way that you can enjoy the coaster ride is with a bigger wager, then hop on board for the coaster ride of your life on the monster coaster. The big spender will love the view from the monster rollercoaster because he or she is not thinking on the drop as they rush headlong to the top of the game.

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

If you do not, you may not always remember how much you enjoyed the good life while your bank roll was "up". The only thing you will remember is a lot of uncertainties, a great ride … your head in the stratosphere. As you are thinking on "what ifs", you won’t easily recount how "high up" you went but you will recollect that devastating drop as clear as day.