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Blackjack rules for the dealer are very simple. If
the dealer's hand is 16 or less, they must take a card. If the dealer's
hand is 17 or more, they must stand. Note that some casinos allow the
dealer to hit on soft 17, which gives the house a very small
additional advantage. In the GoldenPalace.com software the dealer must
stand on all seventeen's. The dealer's strategy is fixed and they do
not change their decisions in an attempt to beat the players.
Learning how to play blackjack has never been easier than it is
today. GoldenPalace.com is pleased to provide you with an introduction
to the game, and a free version of our blackjack software to help you
practice. Everything you need to learn to play like a pro is here, and
it's free.
To get started, we will discuss the process of how a blackjack
session progresses from start to finish. The learning process will be
made much simpler if you play along with our free-play blackjack game.
To download this game, simply click on the "download now" button near
the top of this page.
A blackjack session begins when the player places his wager. To
place your bet in our software, simply click once on the chip you wish
to bet. You can click again and the software will stack another chip
on top for you.
At this point, all you have to do is hit the deal button and you
will receive your first two cards. The dealer will also deal himself
two cards, and expose one of them. The visible card is known as the
dealer's up-card, while the other is known as the dealer's hole-card.
One fundamental thing that many people do not learn when they first
learn how to play blackjack is the true object of the game. Many
people falsely believe that the object of the game is to have a hand
that is as close to 21 as possible without going over. While this is
part of the rules, it is almost, but not quite your true goal as a
player. Your true goal is nothing more than to beat the dealer; it
just happens to be easier to beat the dealer with a hand that is close
to 21. But don't fall into that trap. You win just as much if you beat
the dealer with a 14 as you do if you beat them with a 20. This is
when studying your blackjack strategy comes in particularly handy.
Now that you have your cards and the dealer has his, you can decide
how you wish to proceed. You have a number of options, including the
two most called for, 'hit', or 'stand'. To 'hit' your hand is to take
another card, to 'stand' is to leave your hand 'as is' in hopes that
it will beat the dealer.
Other options include 'splitting' and 'doubling down'. You are
allowed to split two cards if they are the same value. Doing so means
you are literally taking each card and making it the first card of two
new hands. Say you are dealt two 8's. Since two eights on their own
only gives you 16 (not a very strong hand), splitting them to two
hands with an 8 to start is the smart move. This way you have two
decent chances at 18. When you split, you are required to place a
second bet equal to your original bet for your second hand. This is
done automatically by the software.
If you have split your eights, the dealer will push your cards to
two separate hands and give you a second card for the first hand. The
dealer will then prompt you to make a decision on this hand, and
continue to do so until the hand has busted or been asked to stand.
The dealer will then proceed to your second hand, deal a second card,
and ask for your decision once again.>>>
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