Guide to Playing Blackjack for Fun and for Profit

Guide to playing blackjack for fun and for profit

Playing Blackjack is great fun, for anybody who has played it, you know it can be quite enjoyable and easy enough to learn and play. For those who have not, it’s easy enough to learn at Online casinos, where you can practice for free until you’re ready to play. This article will walk you through a few hands of blackjack so you can see just how easy it is.

Online casinos allow you to play blackjack, also known as 21, any time you so desire. I had never been to an online casino before, but recently tried it, playing my favorite game against an online dealer, and I found it to be the same exact game I know and love when I go to regular casinos. I did okay win-loss wise at the online casino, but had a lot of fun regardless. Blackjack dealers at online casinos have to follow the same house rules that regular dealers do, meaning they have to take a hit on 16 or stand on 17, and also online dealers get the house advantage, meaning they win in the event of any tie.

The rules to blackjack are fairly simple, whether you’re playing at an online casino from a computer or wireless device, or standing in a casino in the hot desert sands of Las Vegas. You start out with two cards, one face down, one face up, so everybody playing knows one card that you have. This is important, because that one exposed card your opponent is showing can help to tell you what you need to do. You may stay pat, or stand, or take cards until you’re satisfied with your hand, this is called taking a hit. You want to add the values of the cards together and get 21 or as close to it as you can. The values are easy to discern, 2 through 9 equal their inherent value, face cards equal 10, and an ace can be either 1 or 11 depending on what you want. If you’re dealt a 21, a face card or a ten and an ace, you win automatically, unless the dealer is dealt 21, then because of house rules, the dealer wins the tie. If you go over 21 you bust, and this means you automatically lose, game over. Simple enough, right?

I’ll walk you through a few hands of blackjack from my online casino experience and you’ll see how easy a game it really is. My first hand, the dealer had a 2 of hearts showing. I had a 8 of clubs. My hidden card was an ace of diamonds. This gave me an aggregate score of either 9 or 19. 19 is a pretty good hand, only a tie, 20 or 21 would beat it. I hit stand. The dealer took a hit. He drew a 7 of spades. Since the highest hand it could possibly have was 13, I knew it would take at least a card. It stood after taking 1 card. This meant that it had at least 17. When we exposed our hands the dealer had a jack of clubs. We each had 19. The house rules stipulate that a tie goes to the house. The dealer won.

The next hand I was dealt a King of spades and an ace of hearts. 21! Blackjack meant I won unless the dealer also had an aggregate score of 21. I hit the button and won with my blackjack. It doesn’t happen all the time but it sure is nice and easy when it does. I’ll personally take all the easy money I can get.

The third hand I showed a 4 of diamonds and had a 9 of spades. The dealer showed a king of hearts. I had options here which I’ll explain. I could stand even though I only had a 13 in my hand. Why would I do that? There are a lot of face cards out there. A ten means I’d bust, or go over 21 and automatically lose. By standing, if the dealer has a 6 or less, they must take a hit and they could bust. However, there was a distinct possibility that the dealer had a 7 or better, meaning they would have to stand and would automatically win. Since the odds seemed to me to be in the favor of the dealer having a 7 or better, since over 60% of the cards are a 7 or better, I decided to take my chance and take a hit. I drew a 6 of spades. This gave me a hand of 19. The dealer stood and showed a 7 of diamonds. He held a 17. The house rules, which helped the dealer in game 1 when we tied, now, hurt the dealer in the third game. The dealer had been forced to stand pat on 17 which allowed me to win. I was up two games to one. I ended up playing about a dozen hands and won three more than I lost6. Not only did I have fun but I won a little bit of money as well. I like pastimes that put some dinero in your pocket. I wish online bowling or online solitaire or online golf did the same thing but they don’t. To win money on the Internet, you simply have to go to an online casino. Blackjack isn’t the only game you can win money with. Other fun online casino games like baccarat and roulette or keno and virtual slots are fun as well. Some games pay out smaller than others and some games rely more on strategy than luck. Some games have higher odds and require more luck than strategy, but the payouts are more often than not higher. As with anything in life, the higher the risk the higher the reward. Either way, you can’t win if you don’t play. As you can see, winning at blackjack in an online casino is a cakewalk! Now that you know how to play, you can see for yourself.