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Blackjack Insider Newsletter, July 2004, #54

Ken Smith hosts the popular website www.BlackjackInfo.com and the new site for tournament players www.BlackjackTournaments.com. Ken has written tournament articles for Blackjack Confidential magazine. You can subscribe to his free email newsletter for blackjack players at http://www.blackjackinfo.com.

One of the visitors to BlackjackTournaments.com recently posted a question that I thought was the fundamental question of all tournament strategy. Paraphrased, his question was "What is the thought process you use to arrive at the appropriate amount to bet?"

Well, that’s a question that would take a whole book to answer well (and I hope I can produce that book one of these days!). Playing strategy is important, but there’s little doubt that the most crucial decisions you make during a tournament round are your attempts to answer that seemingly simple question: How much should I bet?

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