Blackjack is a game that reminds me of a rollercoaster. It is a game that starts slowly, but gradually picks up the pace. As you build up your bankroll, you feel as though you are slowly getting to the top of the coaster and then when you aren’t expecting it, the bottom collapses.

black jack is so remarkably like a crazy ride the similarities are frightening. As is the case with the popular fair ground ride, your blackjack game will peak and things will be going well for a time before it bottoms out one more time. Of course you have to be a player who can readjust to the ups … downs of the game mainly because the game of black jack is awash with them.

If you like the mini coaster, one that cannot go too high or fast, then bet small. If you find the only way you can enjoy the ride is with a fatter bet, then hop on board for the mad ride of your life on the monster coaster. The deep pocket gambler will love the view from the monster roller coaster because he or she is not thinking on the drop as they rush hastily to the top of the game.

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

If you don’t, you may not necessarily remember how much you enjoyed the good life while your bankroll was "up". The only thing you will remember is a lot of uncertainties, a nice ride and your head in the air. As you are recalling "what ifs", you won’t clearly recount how "high up" you went but you will recollect that disastrous fall as clear as day.