Use it at both lower blackjack limits and high limit blackjack tables to reduce the house edge and increase your chances of winning. 👉 Basic strategy is a set of guidelines that tells you the mathematically optimal way to play each hand based on the cards you have and the dealer’s up card. A push is recorded when the player and dealer have the same hand value, at least in most traditional blackjack games. If the player has a higher hand value, they win the game and if the dealer has a higher hand value, the player loses. Once players have completed their turn, the dealer reveals their hole card and hits if their hand value is less than 17 and stands if their hand value is 17 or higher. ♠️ Players have the option to “HIT” and receive additional cards in an attempt to get closer to 21, or “STAND” and keep their current total. All other cards are worth their face value. ♠️ Face cards (kings, queens, and jacks) are worth 10 points and Aces can be worth either 1 or 11 points, (whichever is more beneficial to the hand). ♠️ Each player, including the dealer, is dealt two cards at the start of the game, with one of the dealer’s cards facing up and the other facing down. At both online blackjack and live blackjack tables, exceeding 21 means that you go bust and automatically lose.

♠️ The goal of the game is to beat the dealer by having a hand value of 21 or as close to 21 as possible without going over.