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Published on Monday, 04 November 2013 04:57

Written by Macy M

How to play blackjack online

Blackjack game can be played at land-based and online casinos. If you are just learning how to play blackjack, you should do so an online as this method offers many advantages.

When you choose a casino room, you have to place your bets on the table before you can play. Depending on the selected blackjack table, your minimum bet can be as low as $1 or as high as $500. You are able to place bets with different chip denominations.

The game will start once every player puts down their chips and choose the Deal option. One of the important things that you will find out when learning how to play blackjack online is that you cannot change the bets once the game starts. However, you could use the Insurance, Double Down or Split options to increase your wager.

Playing online will allow you to contest blackjack one-on-one with the Dealer. You are playing to get 21 points in total in a hand or to bet the hand of the Dealer with a count closer to 21 without busting. If you have an ace and a 10 or another face card for the first two cards, this means that you have Blackjack or 21 and would win one and a half times the actual bet amount.

Bear in mind that a Blackjack will beat a hand with 21 all the time, but more cards is needed than the initial two in order to beat this hand. In Blackjack, the face card is counted as 10, while the cards from two to ten are counted as per their face values. Ace is counted as 1 or 11. A dealer’s ace card is counted as 11 all the time.

When blackjack starts, the deal will open with every player getting two cards. You can choose to hit in order to get as many cards as you want or you could opt to stand with the dealt cards. A hand that ties with the dealer will allow you to keep the wager.
There are additional resources available if you need more information on how to play blackjack.

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