How to play Blackjack - Lesson1
Blackjack is a very popular and a well-known casino game. Usually when I want to choose an online casino I always try it by playing blackjack. If my blackjack game looks good for me and it’s comfortable to play this games at this casino I’ll choose this casino and begin playing for real. It’s very important that you feel comfortable at an online casino where you will play blackjack. I’ll tell you some tips about this but first of all we’ll start from the game.
Blackjack is a simple and easy to learn game, so don’t worry if you don’t know how to play blackjack. Just read my article and you will know everything about blackjack.
To explain you how to play blackjack I choose iNetBet Casino, because it’s better to use a real example. When you download a casino, install it and register an account (first of all I recommend you to register a fun account, where you can try blackjack without risking to lose your money). When you log into this casino, find a BlackJack game there, usually it’s in table games menu. The blackjack main screen looks like this:
It’s a table where you can play Blackjack in one or two hands. I recommend you to start playing in one hand Blackjack. When you learn all rules of Blackjack you may try other variants of Blackjack. To start playing Blackjack you need to make a bet, now I recommend you to make a $5 bet (the minimum for this casino) – just click on a $5 chip, and press “Deal†button. (Don’t worry if you are in the fun mode you won’t lose your own money). After pressing of the deal button you and a dealer will get two cards, you screen will look like this (cards may be different):
In this case we have the total is 13(7 ♥ + 6 ♦). The dealer’s first card is the 5 ♥ that is 5 points. To win in this game you should take up to 21 points, and your total points must be greater than the dealer’s, 21 is a blackjack, you will automatically receive an amount equal to 3:2, that is if you bet $5 and get 21 points you will get $12,5 .
So, we have 13 points and it’s better to take one more card, so we click on “Hit†button and receive a card.
We got 3 ♦, so in total we have 16 points. I should say it’s a good result and I recommend you to stand on this result, because if you take one more card you will have a big chance to exceed 21 and get the bust. So we have 16 points and click on the “Stand†button. And see the dealer’s card:
Yes, we’ve made the right choice because the dealer couldn’t imagine that we have only 16 points and therefore he got the bust. If the dealer stands on 16 points(5 ♥ + 9 â™ + 2 ♦ ) we’ll get the same points and nobody will won. Sometimes I stand even on 13 or 14 points and the dealer thinks that I have blackjack or 20 points and in a lot of cases the dealer gets the bust.
So, it’s the first lesson of our Blackjack course. Hope you will understand that it’s better to stand than to get the bust. In the next lesson I’ll explain you how to double and how to split and the mean of insurance.
