black jack is a game that reminds me somewhat of a wild ride. It is a game that starts out slowly, but gradually picks up speed. As you build up your bank roll, you feel like you are getting up to the top of the coaster and then when you don’t expect it, the bottom collapses.

Blackjack is so remarkably like a wild ride the similarities are hair-raising. As is the case with the popular fair ride, your black jack game will peak and things will appear as though they are going well for a time before it bottoms out yet again. You most certainly have to be a bettor that can readjust to the ups and downs of the game especially given that the game of blackjack is packed full of them.

If you like the small coaster, one that won’t go too high or fast, then bet small. If you find the only way you can enjoy the rollercoaster ride is with a fatter wager, then jump on for the ride of your life on the monster coaster. The high-roller will love the view from the monster roller coaster 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 bettors adhere to it. In black jack, if you "get on the rollercoaster" as it’s going up, that is a lovely feeling, but when the cards "go south" and the coaster starts to twist and turn, you had better get out in a hurry.

If you don’t, you might not find it easy to recollect how much you enjoyed everything while your bankroll was "up". The only thing you will remember is a lot of uncertainties, a crazy fun 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 clearly remember that disappointing drop as clear as day.