black jack is a game that reminds me somewhat of a roller coaster. It’s a game that starts off slowly, but gradually gets faster. As you ramp up your bank roll, you feel like you are getting up to the top of the coaster and then when you are not expecting it, the bottom falls out.

Blackjack is so much like a rollercoaster the similarities are awe-inspiring. As is the case with the popular fair ride, your blackjack game will peak and things will be going great for a time before it bottoms out yet again. You have to be a bettor who’s able to readjust to the ups … downs of the game mainly because the game of black jack is choked full of them.

If you like the tiny coaster, one that doesn’t go too high or fast, then bet small. If you find the only way you can enjoy the coaster ride is with a much bigger wager, then hop on for the rollercoaster ride of your life on the monster coaster. The high-stakes gambler will love the view from the monster crazy ride because he or she is not thinking on 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 gamblers adhere to it. In black jack, if you "get on the rollercoaster" as it’s going up, that’s a lovely feeling, but when the cards "go south" and the coaster starts to flip and turn, you had better escape in a hurry.

If you don’t, you will not necessarily recount how much you enjoyed life while your bank roll was "up". The only thing you will remember is a lot of uncertainties, a crazy fun ride … your head in the sky. As you are thinking on "what ifs", you won’t easily recount how "high up" you went but you will recollect that disappointing fall as clear as day.