Blackjack Betting Systems

A way of using money management to maximize your profits is simply by use a betting system. No matter what technique or method you use to give yourself an edge at the blackjack table, if you don't manage your money properly you will probably walk away a loser.

Card counting and cluster counting, as mentioned elsewhere on this site, includes its own type of betting system. IE: Increase your bet size two to three times your original bet when conditions favor the probability of receiving a winning hand.

But what if you are strictly a basic strategy player? Besides the obvious bank roll increases experienced by doubling down and splitting your cards, what method should you use to increase your chances of walking away a winner? Below are 3 betting systems. The first is a common system which I don't recommend, but I include on this page as it is one which has been recommended by certain, so called 'blackjack experts'. The last two are systems which are worthwhile to use depending on your starting bankroll.

1.) Cluster Counting
2.) Martingale System
3.) Progressive Betting System
4.) Matrix System