How to play Blackjack

Blackjack is a simple card game that has more players than roulette, craps and baccarat combined.[1] Blackjack is primarily a game of luck and chance, but also a game of strategy. You too can play with lady luck in one of the most popular casino games on the planet. 카지노사이트

For the true beginner

Learn the value of the cards. In Blackjack, each card has a value that remains constant throughout the game.[2] The goal is to beat the dealer and also not go down with 22 or more. Here are their values:

Card number: The number is the value of the card.

Face Cards: Face cards are worth 10.

Ace: Either 1 or 11. It counts as 11 (...generally) unless it would give you more than 21, in which case it counts as 1.

Therefore Ace and Ten are 21 in two cards, which is Blackjack/Natural.

A hand containing an ace is called a "soft" hand.

Learn your options: When it's your turn, you have two basic options:[3]

Hit: Get another card. You can hit until you reach 21.

Stand: Keep your current cards and do nothing. You don't get more cards.

There are also a few other options you can use for certain hands:

Insurance: This is only available if the dealer shows an ace. Place a new bet that pays 2-1 if the dealer actually has blackjack. You lose your next bet (which would have paid 1-1), but you win the insurance, leading to a break-even.[4]

Double Down: You double your bet and get just one extra card. This is generally only used when your starting two cards are 8-11 or soft 12 to soft 19.[5]

Split: Make two hands from one hand if both cards are of the same value. Tens, jacks, queens, and kings usually count to 10. If both of your hands win, you get double your money. If only one wins, you break even. If both hands lose, you lose double your money. Split your hands by separating the cards and placing a duplicate bet.[6]

Surrender: In many casinos, you can (before playing and after finding out if the dealer has blackjack) surrender half of your bet without playing.[7] Surrender is only desirable when the dealer shows 9-A and the player has 5-7 or 12-16.

When the dealer has an ace, he automatically checks to see if he has a blackjack. An early surrender is when you opt out of half your bet before the dealer checks the blackjack on their behalf. 온라인카지노 

Start winning. To win, the player must be closer to 21 than the dealer without going over. If a player passes, they are "out". If it's a tie, it's a "push" - neither the player nor the house wins. Blackjack is when your starting hand is an ace and a 10 or face card.[9]

The dealer will go around the players until everyone chooses to stand up. they then play their own hand which determines the outcome of the game. Obviously, every hand is different. Generally, players using the dealer copy hit 16 or less. That's a bad strategy. The never-fail strategy is slightly better, but it's still a bad strategy.[1]

The biggest advantage of the casino ("house edge") is that the player must act first. If a player "goes out" (goes over 21), the casino immediately takes the player's money. If the casino then "goes out" on the same side, the player still loses. The dealer is the last to play the hand.

Understand the "House Rules". Most casinos always "stand" on 17 and above. Some will "hit" a "soft 17" (any 6 and an ace). Some casinos (although rarely) require an "ante" like in poker (playing in these casinos gives the house an edge of up to 20%). When you sit down to play, you quickly gather your casino's rules.

Casinos have different rules for insurance, splitting, and doubling as to how and when you can do it. If this happens, your dealer will be sure to let you know. For example, some casinos won't let you split a third ace; for surrender, some observe only early or late surrender.

Be aware of the implications of insurance, splitting, doubling and surrendering. In addition, all actions favor the house when used incorrectly - it wouldn't be a casino game if the opposite were true!

When you place an insurance bet[10], you are betting that the dealer's card is a 10, Jack, Queen, or King. There are 13 potential sets of cards in the deck. You have a less than 1 in 3 chance of paying. The best time to bet on insurance is when it counts (whatever you've found out). your insurance bet pays 2-1, which is better than the original bet of 3-2!

You only get one card when doubling up.[11] You may not like the hand you end up with. In fact, the casino is counting on it! Never double if the dealer is an ace or face (unless you have an 11).

Splitting can turn an excellent hand into a terrible one and vice versa.[12] Here are some basic rules: Never divide by 5 - your sum is 10; you'll probably end up strong. Always deal eights and aces. Splitting 8 turns likely losers into likely winners. Splitting aces is advantageous, but understand this: You can only split aces once (sometimes) and you can only take one card for each new hand (sometimes.) Some casinos did this because splitting aces without any limit is a big advantage.

Once you "surrender" your hand, the dealer's actions are irrelevant (to you). If the dealer messes up, you've already given up.

Understand card counting.[13] You don't literally count the value of all the cards. What some players (when they're really good) do is count the "value" of the deck, or more accurately how many Aces and Tens are left to play (or this and that.) If there's a Seen left to play, they raise their bets because they know the probability that they get a good card is better.

However, casinos have caught on and most now use multiple decks in the shoe or cut the deck or both. With six decks in play and more cards out, it's not likely to keep track of the number of good cards in the deck at low penetration.

For this reason, card counting will not be described here. If you're interested in the details, check out the wikiHow page on counting cards.  안전한카지노사이트