Blackjack is the only online casino game, where players have influence on the course of the game. These basic strategies doesn't guarantee that you will win, but offers the highest odds of winning against the dealer. Download series offers basic strategies on hard hands, soft hands (Ace and other card), when to doubling down your wager and finally when to split pairs.
For hard hands, if the player's cards amount to 12 or higher, there are three rules: • Hit if the player hand totals 12 through 16 and the dealer has a seven or higher. • Stand on any hand totaling 17 or higher. • Stand if the player cards total 12 through 16 and the dealer has two through six.
For soft hands there are only two: • Always draw to soft 17 or less. • Only draw on soft 18 if the dealer has an eight, nine or ten.
Doubling down is the main method by which a player can eliminate the house edge so it is very important to remember when to utilize this option.
For hard hands, there are three basic rules: • Double down when the player's cards total 11 and the dealer has a ten or less. • Double down when the player's cards total 10 and the dealer has a nine or less. • Double down when the player's cards total nine and the dealer has a four, five or six.
For soft hands, there are also three basic rules: • Double down with a soft 13 and soft 14 when the dealer has a five or six. • Double down with a soft 15 and soft 16 when the dealer has a four, five or six. • Double down with a soft 17 and soft 18 when the dealer has three through six.
There are six easy rules that apply to splitting pairs in basic strategy:
• Always split a pair of aces or eights. A pair of aces totals either two or twelve but when you split them each card is worth eleven. When you split eights you are breaking up 16 which is the worst hand to have. • Never split fours, fives or tens. • Split twos and threes only when the dealer has four through seven. • Split sixes when the dealer has three through six. • Split sevens when the dealer has three through seven. • Split nines when the dealer has two through six, eight or nine.
