Blackjack School

When a dealer shows a 10 upcard at online or live blackjack, she or he is in the driver’s seat because they have a 77% chance of getting to a final hand that totals 17 through 21 and only a 23% chance of busting. A ten, therefore, is a very strong dealer upcard.

What follows is the correct way to play any blackjack hand dealt to you when the dealer’s upcard is a 4.

Once, when I was booked for a “fun casino” the other person due to work dropped out at the last minute, leaving the job a dealer short.

I was living in New Jersey in the late 1970s, when casino gambling became legalized in Atlantic City. The casinos that began opening there were clamoring for casino dealers.

When you are dealt a pair of 6s in the game of blackjack you have two viable playing options:

When you are dealt a pair of 9s in blackjack you have two viable playing options:

In this article you will learn how to play a hard 16 when you play blackjack. A hard 16 is a blackjack hand that contains either no Aces, or if an Ace is present, it counts as one. Some examples of hard 16 are:

Ever since Ed Thorp published his book Beat the Dealer in 1962 it has been an accepted that the diligent player can beat the casino at blackjack.

One of the most frustrating hands in blackjack is a 16 against a dealer’s 10 upcard. How you play this hand depends upon the composition of the cards that make up your 16 and the playing rules.

One of the most common mistakes made by blackjack players occurs when they are dealt an initial hand of 12 dealer’s upcard is a 2.

When it comes to splitting 10s in the game of blackjack, the bottom line should be: 

A blackjack player once asked me this question: “Every time I play blackjack against the dealer, he always seems to beat me.

When you are playing blackjack and dealt a pair of 2s (also known as “deuces”), you have two viable playing options: