Blackjack Strategy and System

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Information about Blackjack Terminology and Strategies

Various specific terms are used when playing the card game of blackjack.

'Stand' - indicates that no further cards are required. In many countries, experienced blackjack players simply move their hand across their cards if they wish to 'stand'.

'Hit' - where one or more cards are required to improve the overall score, without exceeding 21 in total. Many larger casinos allow players to simply tap the table, to indicate that they wish to 'hit', and be dealt another card.

Split - only possible when the first two cards dealt to the player are the same. The player then splits the hand and adds a further bed on the line of the marked box. When splitting aces in blackjack, only one further card may be dealt to each of the split hands. All other split hands may receive as many other cards as required, although split hands can only ever score '21', and not actually 'blackjack' itself.

Double - where players are permitted to double their initial bet by increasing it to up to twice their initial stake money.

By implementing a basic blackjack strategy, card players are able to increase their changes of winning the game. The main basic strategy is simply to hit on a hand scoring 16 or lower when the casino dealer's up card is a 7 or above, and standing on a total score of 12 or more when the casino dealer's up card is a 6 or less.

The following chart shows basic blackjack strategies in detail and is worth studying in detail when planning your strategy and game play.

BLACKJACK PLAYER'S HAND	BLACKJACK DEALER'S UP CARD
	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Ace
8	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	H
9	H	D	D	D	D	H	H	H	H	H
10	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	H	H
11	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	H
12	H	H	X	X	X	H	H	H	H	H
13	X	X	X	X	X	H	H	H	H	H
14	X	X	X	X	X	H	H	H	H	H
15	X	X	X	X	X	H	H	H	H	H
16	X	X	X	X	X	H	H	H	H	H
17	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
18	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
19	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
20	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
21	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Ace 2	H	H	H	D	D	H	H	H	H	H
Ace 3	H	H	H	D	D	H	H	H	H	H
Ace 4	H	H	D	D	D	H	H	H	H	H
Ace 5	H	H	D	D	D	H	H	H	H	H
Ace 6	H	D	D	D	D	H	H	H	H	H
Ace 7	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	H	H	H
Ace 8	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Ace 9	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Ace 10	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Ace Ace	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S
2 2	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S
3 3	S	S	S	S	S	S	H	H	H	H
4 4	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	H
5 5	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	H	H
6 6	S	S	S	S	S	H	H	H	H	H
7 7	S	S	S	S	S	S	H	H	H	H
8 8	S	S	S	S	S	X	S	S	S	X
9 9	S	S	S	S	S	X	S	S	X	X
10 10	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X

• H - Hit
• X - Stand
• D - Double
• S - Split