Blackjack is a game that somehow reminds me of a roller coaster. It’s a game that starts slowly, but gradually gets faster. As you build up your bank roll, you feel as though you are making moves to the top of the coaster and then when you aren’t expecting it, the bottom falls out.

Blackjack is so very similar to a wild ride the similarities are frightening. As is the case with the popular amusement park ride, your blackjack game will peak and things will seem as though they are going well for awhile before it bottoms out one more time. You must be a black jack player that can adjust well to the ups … downs of the game because the game of blackjack is packed full with them.

If you like the tiny coaster, one that will not go too high or fast, then bet small. If you find the only way that you can enjoy the rollercoaster ride is with a bigger wager, then hop on board for the ride of your life on the monster coaster. The deep pocket gambler will love the view from the monster rollercoaster because he or she is not considering 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 blackjack, if you "get on the rollercoaster" as it is going up, that is a lovely feeling, but when the cards "go south" and the coaster begins to twist and turn, you had better escape in a hurry.

If you don’t, you will not remember how much you enjoyed the view while your bankroll was "up". The only thing you will remember is a lot of uncertainties, a cool ride and your head in the sky. As you are remembering "what ifs", you won’t clearly remember how "high up" you went but you will always remember that devastating drop as clear as day.