A newbie bonus hunter having a bad luck?

[Doat]

I started bonus hunting a few weeks ago. I have so far played on two casinos: Gamebookers and Littlewoods. I tried William Hill but made a mistake by depositing GBP as my first deposit when the T&C of the bonus say players outside the UK depositing GBP are not eligible for the bonus. I haven't won anything so far. At Gamebookers I deposited 50€ and cashed out 46€. At Littlewoods I deposited 50£ and am currently at 36.50£. At Gamebookers I used 0.5€ bets and at Littlewoods 1£. Am I just having a bad luck or am I reading the Blackjack strategy tables wrong?

EDIT: Down to 20.50£... Getting a bit frustrated here.

[PMmarkus]

I started bonus hunting a few weeks ago. I have so far played on two casinos: Gamebookers and Littlewoods. I tried William Hill but made a mistake by depositing GBP as my first deposit when the T&C of the bonus say players outside the UK depositing GBP are not eligible for the bonus. I haven't won anything so far. At Gamebookers I deposited 50€ and cashed out 46€. At Littlewoods I deposited 50£ and am currently at 36.50£. At Gamebookers I used 0.5€ bets and at Littlewoods 1£. Am I just having a bad luck or am I reading the Blackjack strategy tables wrong?

EDIT: Down to 20.50£... Getting a bit frustrated here.

Welcome to the forum. That´s really normal. I recommend you to read about cash management and variance before playing the next bonus. Ask more from this thread or send me PM so we will help you.

[Doat]

Thanks for the reply, PMmarkus.

I took a closer look at the Bonus policy at Littlewoods and found out that playing bj doesn't actually count towards the wagering requirement at all. Seems like the "Best 100 casino bonuses" list is really outdated, no?

[PMmarkus]

Thanks for the reply, PMmarkus.

I took a closer look at the Bonus policy at Littlewoods and found out that playing bj doesn't actually count towards the wagering requirement at all. Seems like the "Best 100 casino bonuses" list is really outdated, no?

Yes is it. Nowdadays, I think the best 5 first deposit offers are:
Betsson
Suomiarvat.com
Bwin
William hill
Casino euro and cherry casino

[Doat]

So I went and deposited 100€ at Betsson. I have played about 100 hands and lost 94.50€. I used 3€ bets and the calculator on the site says I should have had 81.1% chance of gain. I understand this might still just be variance not liking me, but it's the third time this happens in a row so I want to make sure I am doing it right with bj.

The game I choose at Betsson is Pöytäpelit (Table games) -> Black Jack. This is the correct game, right? These are the settings I use for the strategy tool: 4+ Decks, S17, Double on Any, Peek, DAS, No Surrender. Well it is quite obvious how to read the tables so I'm assuming I can't be making a mistake there. Is this really the optimal strategy that everyone else here is using?

[PMmarkus]

So I went and deposited 100€ at Betsson. I have played about 100 hands and lost 94.50€. I used 3€ bets and the calculator on the site says I should have had 81.1% chance of gain. I understand this might still just be variance not liking me, but it's the third time this happens in a row so I want to make sure I am doing it right with bj.

The game I choose at Betsson is Pöytäpelit (Table games) -> Black Jack. This is the correct game, right? These are the settings I use for the strategy tool: 4+ Decks, S17, Double on Any, Peek, DAS, No Surrender. Well it is quite obvious how to read the tables so I'm assuming I can't be making a mistake there. Is this really the optimal strategy that everyone else here is using?

At least I don´t find any mistake.

[Doat]

Cashed out 32€ :/. The ironic thing is that I turned 21 today. You could think I would have at least some luck in blackjack on a day like this. lol

EDIT: The return and variance calculator tells me that the chance of gain is slightly higher if you bet for example 1€ on each of 3 hands than if you bet 3€ on one hand. Does this mean that if I want to minimize risks I should always play multiple hands at a time?

[PMmarkus]

Cashed out 32€ :/. The ironic thing is that I turned 21 today. You could think I would have at least some luck in blackjack on a day like this. lol

EDIT: The return and variance calculator tells me that the chance of gain is slightly higher if you bet for example 1€ on each of 3 hands than if you bet 3€ on one hand. Does this mean that if I want to minimize risks I should always play multiple hands at a time?

Yes. It´s better to play many hands with small bets for smaller variance.

[Jsi]

Actually not because the gameplay is a lot slower like that. Think 2€ in one hand should be good for u.

[samppa]

Actually not because the gameplay is a lot slower like that. Think 2€ in one hand should be good for u.

+1

Playing one hand it's the best way to wager these BJ bonuses.