Based on your hand and the dealer’s option you need to make the next move we discuss these in the next section. The dealer’s first card is face up while the second is face down – the second card is called the ‘hole’ card.

Once the bets are placed the cards are dealt, two to you and two to the dealer, alternately.

There is a minimum and a maximum betting limit.

Place your bets before you start playing by clicking on the chips displayed towards the bottom of the home screen.

Some casinos ( online poker sites) list the game variants under a sub-tab within Games – the Table Games tab.

Click the variant of ‘ play blackjack online‘ you want.

Click the Game tab on the online casino’s home screen.

For real money play you must have funds in your casino account.

When it comes to online casino blackjack: Here the Ace can have a value of 1 and also 11. For instance, a hand with the cards 4, 5, and Ace.

Soft hands: The sum of the cards in it can have more than one value.

For instance, a hand with a 3, 5, 7, and Ace: here the Ace can be valued at only 1 as valuing it at 11 would cause the hand to bust. Even a 3- or 4-card hand with an Ace could be a hard hand if the Ace can have only the value of 1. For instance, a hand with a 5 and a 7 this has a singular value of 12.

Hard hands: The sum of the cards in it have a unitary value.

There are 2 types of hands in blackjack casino play: The number of decks directly impacts the house edge. Online casinos also have multi-hand blackjack. Most games have between 2 and 8 decks of cards, without the joker.

The Ace has a dual value – 1 point or 11 points.īlackjack is played with a standard 52-card deck.

10, J, Q, and K are valued at 10 points.

Small video showing how the game is played:

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