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Blackjack Splitting Strategy

When a player’s first two dealt cards are of equal rank then he is entitled to immediately make a special move, which is known as ‘split’. As the name suggests the player can split his hand into two hands and … Continue reading

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Blackjack Surrender Strategy

A few online blackjack variants allow the player to make a move that is known as “surrender”. This move functions in the following way. The player is dealt his two cards and the dealer is dealt one card face up … Continue reading

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Blackjack Variations

The majority casino games have variations and blackjack has more variations than others. Europeans have different rules from Americans and even in America Vegas rules differ from those in Atlantic City. In land-based casinos the basic structure of the game … Continue reading

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Blackjack Doubling Strategy

The frequent moves allowed to a player in blackjack are hit and stand. There are four other moves that players are allowed to make. These are double, split, insure and surrender. This lesson discusses the strategies that dictate when a … Continue reading

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Blackjack Card Counting

Essential blackjack strategy assumes that all cards have equal chance of being drawn. Still this is not true. As cards are used in the play they are placed in a discard tray and these cards cannot be dealt to the … Continue reading

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Blackjack Rules

Blackjack in the casinos is normally played with eight regular decks, but you can also play this game with one deck. The cards that are 2 through 10 are all the face value. In other words the deuces are 2 … Continue reading

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Blackjack Glossary

Anchor – This is the seat to the dealer’s right, it will normally be the last seat taken. In other words if there are five chairs at the table and four are filled, the last chair on the right with … Continue reading

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Blackjack Rule Variations

Blackjack has one of the lowest house edges of all online casino games. And indicative figure for the house edge would be 0.5%. However in order to exploit this house edge players need to make most advantageous moves all the … Continue reading

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Blackjack History

History for card games can be a little confusing. We often have a hard time deciding on where the card games originated from, but we do have some general ideas. It is hard to trace the origins of any game … Continue reading

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