Online Blackjack Rules

Blackjack is the most popular casino table game. The objective of blackjack is to beat the dealer. This can be done by the player having a hand which is 21 or less that is higher than the dealer’s hand or it can be achieved by the dealer busting, which means going over 21.

All cards have their face value. All picture cards are worth ten. All aces are worth either one or 11, depending on how they are used. Hands where the ace can be used as either a one or 11 are called soft hands. All other hands are called hard hands. Thus A:2, A:3, and A:4 are respectively a soft 13, 14, and 15, while 10:3, 10:4, 10:5 are respectively a hard 13, 14, and 15. Soft hands become hard hands when the ace must be valued as one or eleven, not both. If a player has an A:6 and receives another card which is a ten, the player now has a hard hand of 17.

The dealer gives each player two cards and himself two cards. One of the dealer’s cards is face up and the other is face down. Once every player has his or her two cards, they are faced with several strategy choices and options.

Blackjack Terminology
HIT
The taking of an additional card.

STAY
Take no additional cards

SPLIT
The Player will match the original wager and split the first two cards into two separate hands. The two cards must be of the same point value (i.e. a pair of 8´s, King and Queen, etc.) In splitted hands an Ace and ten equal to "21" and not blackjack.

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