Blackjack is one of the simplest casino games that you can learn but being easy to learn doesn’t make it necessarily easy to win. The most important key to winning more often at blackjack is to know the odds of any given hand and pay attention to what the dealer has showing.
The goal of the game is to get 21 points, or as close as possible without going over. The dealer is the only person you are playing against, no matter how many others may be at the table or in the room at the online casino. Each player need only worry about the dealer’s hand.
Most of the time, the dealer’s cards will be one card down and one card up, while all of your cards are dealt faceup. That is because most online casino’s blackjack software is played using at least six decks of cards. When fewer decks are used, then some software will deal your cards face down. Your concentration should be on the value of your two cards as well as the value of the one card the dealer has showing.
The strategy in blackjack school is knowing when the odds are in your favor or the dealer’s. When it is likely that the dealer will win the hand, then you would be better off folding rather than trying to raise the bet. When the odds are in your favor, then raising is the best idea. If you play the odds right and are fairly conservative in your play, by following this basic strategy, you should win more often than you lose.
