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Blackjack hands beginners

Tips for beginners: how to win at blackjack.

JoannaGessler
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Blackjack hands beginners

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  1. Blackjack HandsBeginners Anything new can be challenging but learning the basics of blackjack doesn’t have to be. If all you know is that cards must add up to 21, believe it or not, you’re already doing better than some. Let’s go over a few points to help you at least look like you know what you’re doing at thetables. To start, there are as many as 270 combinations considering 10 dealer up cards multiplied by the 27 possible player hands. What’s an up card? It’s exactly that, a card that the dealer leaves facingup. What’s great about this game is that you don’t have to memorize a bunch of rules to play it. All you need is a general understanding of how things work in this game if you against thedealer.

  2. Soft HandTips • Soft Hand is a card combination in which the Ace equals 11points. • stand, if you have already 19 or 20points; • stand, if you have 18, and the dealer has 7 or 8points; • double independent of your cards, if the dealer has 5 or 6points; • double, if the dealer has 4 points, and you have15-18; • double, if the dealer has 3, and you have 17-18; • double, if the dealer has 2, and you have18; • hit in all othercases. • Hard HandTips • Hard Hand is a card combination in which the Ace equals1. • double, if the dealer has in his hand from 3 to6; • stand, if you have 17 points and up; • double, if you have 11 points in the hand, and the dealer’s up card is not theAce; • hit, if you have less than 12 points in thehand; • double, if you have 10 points, and the dealer has no theAce; • surrender, if you have 15, and the dealer’s card equals10; • hit, if you have 12 points, and the dealer has 3 or2; • surrender, if you have 16 points, and the dealer has 10 andup; • there is no need to hit in the othercases.

  3. When playing with pairs of cards of the samevalue: • split, if you have pairs of Aces or8s; • stand, if you have a pair of10s; • double, if you have a pair of 5s, and the dealer has 9 orless; • stand, if you have a pair of 9s, and the dealer has the Ace or10; • hit, if you have pairs of 4s or 6s, and the dealer has 4 andless; • hit, if you have a pair of 4s, and the dealer has 4 andless; • hit, if the dealer has 8 and up, and you have a pair of cards from 2 to7; • split pairs of cards in all othercases. • To master the blackjack basic strategy you can experiment with free play before diving into the real moneypool. • The following table will help you with the card counting as well as with making the correct decisions during thegame.

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