bah! You kidding me?!? what you guys thinks theres an extra algorhytm in the system that if you bet big your that much mroe likely to lose... BAH i say to you all!! I actually find that BJ will let you know if youre going to win within the first few. If you play the first few by the book and win. Make a few big bets win em and get out. If you play the first few and lose, bail, because itll be more of the same. My strategy makes no sense matematically im pretty sure, but i find that i play a few hands, and if the decks hot and i win the first few, and make big bets, if its not then i just bail and play LIR or something. ya just gotta hear the deck, ya gotta hear it...man... you're listenin but you not HEARIN it.