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Playing blackjack online can be a lot of fun and lucrative. Play single player, multiplayer and even live blackjack games. In all of them you will be able to show your skills in 21 Blackjack.

Blackjack or 21 is a Casino card game where the goal of the game is to get the highest number in a round without going over, of course, 21 points.

The player has to beat the dealer without going over 21 points. Otherwise, he will be automatically eliminated from the round. If the player has an ace and a 10-point card, adding up to 21, he has what we rightly call Blackjack (and a lot of luck).

Blackjack is a card game with very simple rules. To play online Blackjack, you need to choose your bet amount. After that, you click “Deal” and the cards appear.

There are two cards for the player and two for the dealer, depending on the modality, one can be face up and the other face down.

When viewing your cards, the system also shows the sum of the two. You need to decide whether to draw one more card, or stop. If you decide to stop, the dealer's cards are shown and if they add up to less than 17, he will ask for another card, and the winner will be defined.

In case you hit a card and it adds up to a value higher than 21, the game automatically ends and you lose your bet. If the dealer busts 21, you win.

Blackjack hands are scored by their point total. The goal is to beat the dealer by scoring 21 points or less. When the cards are dealt, you can even draw an ace and a card with a value of 10 and you will already have won, as this combination (called blackjack) is the highest. Otherwise, you will have some actions available to continue the game if you do not exceed 21 points.

In order to correctly add up the blackjack hands in each round, you need to know how much each of the cards is worth.

Cards numbered from 2 to 10 have the value corresponding to what appears on the card. The jack, queen and king are equal to 10 each; and the ace can be worth 1 or 11.

The blackjack basic strategy chart can help you decide your next action in the game. It contains, on the top side, the dealer's possible cards and on the left side, yours. Based on the probability that these cards come out, the game chart can help you decide your next action in the game.

The most basic Blackjack strategy is knowing how to recognize whether you have a soft hand or a hard hand. Thus, you will know the risk you will take in your next action.

With a soft hand, you will have any combination that includes an ace. An ace and any other card will never add up to more than 21. The maximum sum will be a 9, which makes a total of 10 or 20. The jack, queen and king are not included because added to an ace, they form a blackjack.

The hard hand is any combination that does not involve the ace. This hand is defined as hard because you risk going over 21 by hitting another card.

The blackjack game has some actions that let you decide how to continue playing.

Hit: where you draw one more card. If it adds up to more than 21, the round ends. Otherwise, you continue playing.

Stand: this is when you are satisfied with your hand and will not draw more cards. Then the dealer reveals his cards and the winner is defined.

Double down: It is also possible to double the bet right after the initial two cards. When you decide to do so, you will only receive one more card and the game will be set.

Split: appears when the initial cards form a pair, that is, two cards with the same value. The hand is divided into two, with the same bet amount on each of them, but being able to play them separately.

If the dealer's face-up card is an ace, you can claim Insurance to protect yourself from possible blackjack. But keep in mind that this will cut your initial bet in half.

And finally, in some games there is an option to give up the round after the initial two cards. This action is called Surrender and causes the player to lose half of the bet.

Each blackjack game will specify the table limits and available chips that you will have to choose for your initial bet.

During the round, depending on the actions in the game, you can double the bet, fold or ask for insurance (cut the initial bet in half).

Your payment will depend on the outcome of the game. But it's no mystery that the highest payout is the blackjack. Whenever you reach 21 points, you get the highest payout in the game.

Defining the odds of the Blackjack game has not been an easy task, as it always varies depending mainly on how many decks are played in the round.

For example, with soft hands, your chances of busting your hand are zero. For example, in a game with a deck of 52 cards, if you have a total of 14 in your hand, your chances of busting are 56.2% (cards to bust: 8, 9, 10, J, Q, K ).

Blackjack emerged in the 17th century in France, where the game Vingt-et-un appeared, the predecessor of the game we know today. The goal of the game Vingt-et-un was also to score 21 points, but with the difference that bets were placed after receiving the first hand, and not before.

Over time, versions similar to Vingt-et-un emerged in Europe, such as Seven and a Half and Thirty-one.

However, in the 19th century, Casinos in America created a specific combination of cards, where players get bonuses when obtaining it. This bonus was created with the aim of attracting more players and popularizing the game.

The combination needed to win the bonus was to get an ace of spades and a jack of clubs or spades on the first hand. The jack of spades, in English, is known as blackjack, and that's where the name known to this day came from.

Blackjack has many game variations. However, they all maintain the main goal, which is to beat the dealer by adding 21 points or without going over that amount.

Let's see some variations of this popular game:

21 Classic Blackjack

The classic 21 is the most popular variation among card players. It is played with eight decks of cards, which are shuffled between each round.

If the dealer wins with a blackjack, the player will only lose the initial bet, while those made during the round will be returned to the player.

The payout for blackjack is 3 to 2, and any other winning hand is 1 to 1. And in the Insurance, the payout is 2 to 1.

In this classic version, players will be able to split the hand if the two starting cards are of the same value. Insurance will also be available when there is a risk that the dealer has a blackjack, while the option to fold is not available in this version.

Single deck Blackjack

Single deck blackjack is a game that uses only one deck of cards. The goal is the same as in all the game versions: get as close to 21 without going bust.

The dealer stops when he reaches 17 and cannot hit more cards.

In this modality, the player can play with up to three hands and it is possible to double the bet and then divide it. This is just not possible when two aces are split, since after that it is only allowed to ask for one card.

Double deck Blackjack

Double deck blackjack works just like single deck. The difference here is that two decks of cards are used, not one.

European Blackjack

European blackjack is the most played modality at Casinos. Along with roulette games, they are the most popular and sought after games by players.

In this version of blackjack two decks of cards are used. The dealer is dealt one card face up and only receives the second after the players have received their two cards.

In European blackjack, the player can hit, stand, double the bet when he receives the two initial cards, split the cards if the initials are of the same value, and he can also fold.

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