How many of you know the Black Jack? How many people who play this fantastic Casino Games? Today we offer strategies of BlackJack but before doing so, mention the basic rules to know and a bit of history that never hurts!

Blackjack was born about 3 centuries ago in France by joining other games like Blackjack, Baccarat and Seven and a half. After the French revolution, Blackjack spread to the USA where it was immediately welcomed with open arms, in fact proposed many different types of bonuses to encourage players to participate. One of the bonus was 10 to 1, in practice if the player receives a Jack Black in the first hand, could benefit from a juicy bonus.

The game begins to be appreciated by Americans after its regulation and rebirth in the city of sin known as Las Vegas.

In Blackjack the cards assume the following values:

2 through 10, the value remains unchanged
face cards are worth 10
axes but can be worth either 1 or 11 according to the need of players

How do you calculate the scores?

There are a few examples to help you understand:

Have you a hand with a 5, a 2 and a 7 then 5 +2 +7 = 14

But if you have an ace in hand you can decide what value to attribute as:

5 +2 +1 or 5 +2 +11

The goal is to get a hand with a value equal to 21 without going over. The player who comes close to that number without going over is the winner. The betting on the game range from a minimum to a maximum imposed by the casino where you play. Once the players have made their bet, the dealer distributes 2 cards to the players and one card face down and one face to himself.

Calculation of winnings in Blackjack

Blackjack “pays 3:2
Winning Hand “pays 1:1
Insurance ‘pays 2:1

In the casino can vary both the number of cards used that those covered and uncovered, and so on by saying, both as regards the Online Blackjack or live.

Now for the most interesting part of this article, ie strategies of BlackJack. One of the most used rules, called the Basic Strategiy, determines the best decision to make based on the cards the player owns.

Card Counting

In blackjack, there is a playing technique called card counting. The count is to remember which cards have come out from the pack in this way you can calculate a probability of what will be the next card.