Blackjack is a game that somehow reminds me of a roller coaster. Blackjack is a game that starts slowly, but gradually gets faster. As you ramp up your profit, you feel as though you are getting up to the top of the coaster and then when you least expect it, the bottom drops.

Blackjack is so akin to a roller coaster the similarities are frightening. As with the popular fairground ride, your blackjack game will peak and things will appear to be going well for awhile before it bottoms out yet again. You most certainly have to be a player who’s able to adjust well to the ups … downs of the game because the game of blackjack is awash with them.

If you like the small coaster, one that does not go too high or fast, then bet small. If you find the only way you can enjoy the rollercoaster ride is with a bigger wager, then hop aboard for the coaster 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 about the drop as they rush hastily 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 an awesome feeling, but when the cards "go south" and the coaster begins to twist and turn, you had better bail out in a hurry.

If you don’t, you might not necessarily remember how much you enjoyed everything while your cash was "up". The only thing you will remember is a lot of uncertainties, a wicked ride and your head in the stratosphere. As you are recounting "what ifs", you won’t recount how "high up" you went but you will quickly remember that disappointing fall as clear as day.