Playing Blackjack is EASY!!!!!

As a constant Blackjack tournaments player I can say that at least one person at the table is likely to  know some degree of Basic Strategy. If you have an opportunity to show that you seemingly don’t, then by all means take advantage of this. I’ve asked a floorperson hovering over my game, “What does the book say?” counless times over the years, knowing full well “what the book says,” and what I would end up doing no matter what his or her answer was. By the way, I wouldn’t call a floorperson’s attention to a calculated blackjack strategy variation, but if he’s staring down at my game I might suggest that the reason I’m standing on my 12 against the dealer’s 2 is that “I have a hunch a picture card is coming.” Or, “every single time I get this hand and draw a card, I bust.” Casino personnel are used to hearing oddball explanations for why gamblers play a certain way. In other words, when in Rome act like a Roman.
Call me an actor, but all of these little things add up and collectively go a long way towards leaving the door open for future visits to that same casino. After a while, the  of it becomes the game within a game at which you instinctively try to become more and more proficient in playing the game of online blackjack.