Blackjack is a game that reminds me of a wild ride. It is a game that starts out slowly, but gradually gets faster. As you ramp up your bank roll, you feel as though you are on your way to the top of the coaster and then when you don’t expect it, the bottom falls.

Blackjack is so similar to a wild ride the similarities are spooky. As with the popular fair ground experience, your black jack game will peak and things will seemingly be going well for awhile before it bottoms out one more time. Undoubtedly you have to be a gambler who’s able to adjust well to the ups … downs of the game mainly because the game of blackjack is awash with them.

If you like the small coaster, a coaster that doesn’t go too high or fast, then bet small. If you find the only way that you can enjoy the mad ride is with a much bigger wager, then hop aboard for the ride of your life on the monster coaster. The big spender will love the view from the monster rollercoaster because they are not mentally processing 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 bettors adhere to it. In black jack, if you "get on the rollercoaster" as it’s going up, that’s all lovely, 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 will not necessarily remember how much you enjoyed the good life while your bank roll was "up". The only thing you will remember is a lot of uncertainties, a mad ride and your head in the stratosphere. As you are remembering "what ifs", you won’t easily recount how "high up" you went but you will be reminded of that devastating drop as clear as day.