Blackjack is a game of that requires both chance and skill. Chance on what cards you get, and skill on what you do with the cards you are dealt. You have several options of what to do with the cards that are dealt to you. You can either “hit” (get another card) or “stay” (keep your current hand) depending on the dealer’s hand. You can also double down, or split cards. Depending on both your hand and the dealer’s. Also the game of blackjack is thought by some gamblers to be almost a team game. The players at the table have a better chance of beating the dealer if they work together, and play properly.

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The dealer starts out the hand dealing from left to right, always keeping a hand on the shoe so that no player can cheat. Each player receives two cards, including the dealer. If the dealer has a face card, ten or an ace it will check in the little mirror for a blackjack, only they can see the card that comes up. A blackjack is a face card or ten and an ace. This combination equal twenty-one because aces are worth one or eleven, and face cards are worth ten. This pays out three to two; meaning if you have a five-dollar bet down you will win seven-dollars and fifty cents. If the dealer has a blackjack he automatically beats all the players, unless the player also has a blackjack and they push. When the dealer has an ace showing he will ask for insurance. This is a beat against the house when you put half your bet down and bet against the dealer having a blackjack. Also when the dealer has an ace showing and a player has a blackjack the player can take even money. This means he just gets paid his bet without the two to one add on payout. Usually a smart player will do this when the dealer is hot and getting a lot of blackjacks. After all of that stuff is taken care of he then continues with seeing if players want to hit or stand.

There are hand signals used to tell the dealer what you want to do. To hit you tap the table with one finger and to stay you waive your hand over the table. These are used so there is no dispute on what a player wanted to do and can be reviewed on camera. Above all the tables are a bunch of camera used for these situations and to catch people cheating and stealing. Depending on what the dealer has usually depends on what a player will do with his hand. When the dealer has a two through six showing these cards are known as bust cards. They are bust cards because the dealer at most casinos have to hit on sixteen or less and stay on seventeen or higher. This means that the dealer will have to draw cards on a six or less showing and according to mathematical probabilities, will probably bust. When the dealer has a bust card good players will try and get as much money on the table as possible. They either double or split almost anything to get more money on the table.

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