Friday, February 10, 2012

Basics On How To Play Blackjack


By Joanna Schnaider


Blackjack, also referred to as twenty one is a very popular casino card game which involves betting. The game can also be played online. This article gives you tips on how to play blackjack online.

The object is for the dealer to be beaten with a value of cards that is either twenty one or as near as possible to twenty one without exceeding it. If it is exceeded, then it is an automatic loss for the person who exceeds.

The type of suit of the cards does not matter in this game. Card numbers two up to ten are taken for the value on them. The ace can either be one or eleven depending on which is preferable. Thus, if you have a two and an ace the total value is thirteen or three. Face cards, which are the king, queen and jack, are valued at ten.

It is played with either a single, two or four, six decks or eight deck of cards, each containing fifty two cards each. After the cards are dealt, the values are checked. If you exceed twenty one, you bust. This means that you automatically lose. Likewise, if the dealer busts, you win. So if the dealer busts and you do not, you win. However, since the player must act first, when they bust, they lose regardless of whether the dealer busts or not.

Generally, a game consists of around six players. Prior to anyone can receiving any cards, they place their bets. Then the dealer deals everyone two cards each, one facing up and the other facing down. The cards are checked. If one has a ten and an ace, they have a blackjack and win one and a half times the amount of their bet. Nevertheless, if the dealer gets twenty one it is a push and that player gets their initial money back.

It is a general rule that when the dealer has seventeen of higher, he stays and when he has sixteen or lower he draws. When a player wins, the remaining ones compare their values. If they are higher than the dealer but fewer than twenty one, they get their bet money back. When they are lower than the dealer, they lose their bet. If a dealer busts, then all the players win.

If the initial cards are of equal value, one may elect to split. Each hand then begins with that card and a bet equal to the first is placed on the new hand. Though there are many variants of blackjack, the basic game play and the object of the game remain the same.




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