What’s the purpose of blackjack quotes? Well, you can always use them to break the ice with the other players sitting at your table. Consider this famous line:
“Winner, Winner, Chicken Dinner!”
What would online blackjack be without someone calling this phrase out whenever the house pays out on a blackjack? This popular saying originated in Las Vegas back in the day, but the character Ben Campbell, played by Jim Sturgess, in the movie 21, added it to the modern vernacular. Every blackjack player recognizes it and it’s always good for a chuckle.
But at the end of the day, blackjack isn’t poker. The other players at the table are irrelevant to you other than the cards they’re displaying. There’s nothing wrong with being nice and having a good time but you should be focusing on the math not on the chatting. But quotes still have their usefulness because quotes are memorable and once memorized, you can use them like mantras.
“The casino calls it gaming, but you ain’t gaming. You’re gambling.” – Max Rubin
It isn’t gaming. It’s gambling. Put this Max Rubin quote to memory or store it in your own words because in either case, these are words to live by when playing blackjack. Blackjack might be a game but never lose sight of the fact that there is money at stake and you should treat it like an investment.
“Blackjack is the only casino game […] at which [you] can definitely win.” – Lawrence Revere
Lawrence Revere is the world famous author of Playing Blackjack as a Business, which is a book every serious Blackjack player should read. The gist of his quote is this: Play smart and you’ll win. Even online, blackjack is one of the few games that you can play often without risk of great losses as long as you play smart.
“The house doesn’t beat the player; it just gives him the opportunity to beat himself.” – Nick Dandalos
Do you see the theme here yet? In most casino games, either the house or another player is doing its best to beat you. But Blackjack is different. Even though you’re playing against the dealer, you’re actually playing against yourself. Remind yourself of this when emotional and caught up in the moment.