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Learn to Play Blackjack
In the United States, Blackjack is the most popular card game in the casino. It derives from a family of games that includes Baccarat, Seven-And-A-Half and Vingt-Et-Un (known to Americans as 21).The object of the game is to have the total point value of your cards exceed the point value of the dealer's (house) cards without going over 21.

You and the dealer will each receive two cards. Your cards will be dealt face-up and the dealer will receive one face-up and one face-down card. Play your hand according to the chart below. After your hand is completed, the dealer will play the house hand according to the House Rules. If your hand beats the dealer's hand without going over 21, you win!

Blackjack, Natural as it is sometimes called, is an Ace and ten-value card on the first two cards of a hand. This is the highest hand in the game. When you are dealt a Blackjack, you cannot lose. You can only win or push. Blackjack is not the same value as a hand that totals 21. Although a hand consisting of a 6, 7 and 8 total up to 21, a Blackjack is a Natural 21 and therefore a higher hand.

This Basic Strategy for a particular set of rules was developed by intensive computer simulation which performed a complete combinatorial analysis. The computer "played" tens of thousands of hands for each BlackJack situation possible and statistically decided as to which play decision favored the player. The following chart is the results of this analysis.

Legend: H = Hit S = Stand D = Double P = Split
Single Deck Basic Strategy Table

Dealer’s Up Card

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