What Blackjack Guru is, and what it is not
Blackjack Guru teaches the mathematics of blackjack: which decision is correct in every situation, why it is correct, and how card counting works. The Play section lets you apply that at a simulated table using virtual chips.
Chips are virtual and exist only inside Blackjack Guru. Buying a chip pack is buying the ability to keep playing, in the same way you might buy a level pack in any other game. It is not a deposit, it is not a stake, and there is no balance to withdraw.
Practice here is not a prediction
Practice or success at social gaming does not imply future success at real money gambling. We would rather say this plainly than let a good run at a simulated table suggest otherwise.
Correct basic strategy reduces the house edge. It does not remove it. Over any period you care about, the result is dominated by variance, which is the reason a good decision and a good outcome are not the same thing. A winning session proves nothing about the next one, and a losing session proves nothing either.
Keeping it in proportion
A few things worth being aware of, offered as information rather than as rules:
- Decide what the app is worth to you before you buy anything, and treat that as the ceiling. Entertainment has a price, and it should be one you picked in advance.
- Notice if you are buying chips in order to keep a session going after a run of bad hands. Wanting to keep playing is normal. Buying in order to undo something is worth pausing on, and it is the pattern most worth catching early.
- The training sections do not need chips at all. Strategy and Counting are free to use within the limits of the free tier, and an optional subscription removes those limits. Neither of them needs chips, and no purchase of any kind unlocks a better outcome at the table.
- Keep an eye on time as well as money. If you are playing longer than you meant to, that is worth noticing on its own.
Controlling in-app purchases on your device
Both platforms let you switch in-app purchases off entirely, or require authentication before every one. These settings are outside the app, so they hold whatever we do.
- iPhone and iPad
- Settings > Screen Time > Content and Privacy Restrictions > iTunes and App Store Purchases. Set In-app Purchases to Don’t Allow, or set Require Password to Always Require.
- Android
- Open the Google Play Store, tap your profile icon, then Settings > Authentication > Require authentication for purchases, and choose For all purchases through Google Play on this device.
To manage or cancel a subscription, see our step by step cancellation guide. Apple and Google handle all billing, so cancellation is done in your store account rather than by us.
If you would like your Blackjack Guru data deleted, including the Play section and any chip balance, you can do that from the More tab in the app. The steps are in section 10 of the Privacy Policy.
Questions
Write to us at info@blackjacktrainingapp.com. Our full company details are in the Terms and Conditions.