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Strategy to play Blackjack Pairs

admin — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 16:40:35 +0000

In Blackjack, when you get a pair, you have an option to choose to split the cards. Although players normally will split a blackjack pair to double their winnings or at least break even. But, in the worst case, the players will lose twice as much as their original wager if they don’t know what they are doing. Therefore, you should always learn how to play the blackjack pairs correctly to add your advantage in the game.

The strategy we will discuss below works for most blackjack table. However, before you apply this strategy, make sure you check the game rules before you sit down and play on a blackjack table. Most of blackjack tables at casino do have decks numbering from four to eight, which doubling after a split should be allowed.

This blackjack strategy works like this:

When you get a blackjack pair, you have an option to split your cards. Your decision whether to split the pair in your hand will depend on the face-up card at the dealer’s side of the table; you always assume dealer’s face-down card is a TEN. Unless you are doing card counting, you don’t have to mind what cards have been dealt to other players. Just focus on what the face up card at the dealer when you get a pair and deciding whether to split or not.

In order to make this strategy simple, remember these 3 rules:

1. Always split for blackjack pairs when you get a pair of Aces and a pair of eights.

2. Never split if you get a pair of tens, which means you only stand when you get a pair of tens.

3. For the rest of blackjack pairs, always split them except under certain conditions with a few exceptions (discussed in the next paragraph).

Blackjack Pairs Other Then Aces, Eights and Tens

The rule no. 1 and 2 is straight forward as rule no. 1 requires you to always split if you get a pair of Aces or Eights, while rule no. 2 requires you to NEVER split when you get a pair of tens. For rule no. 3, the decision to whether split or not will depend on the face-up card at the dealer side.

Here are the conditions to always split:

1. Pair of twos or threes: split your cards if the dealer’s face-up card is on a two to seven.

2. Pair of fours: split the pair if the dealer’s face-up card on a four to five.

3. Pair of Sixes: if dealer’s face-up card is on two to six, split your card if you get a pair of sixes.

4. Pair of Sevens: split the pair at your hand if you see dealer’s is on two to seven face-up card.

Here are the conditions to split with exceptions:

1. Pair of nines: you should choose to stand if the dealer has seven, ten or ace on his face-up card. But, split the pair of nines if dealer’s face-up card is on a two to six and eight to nine.

2. Pair of fives: you should always double on a two to nine of dealer’s face-up card, and hit if it is any other card.

Summary

In order to correctly play the blackjack pairs, you need to learn the basic strategy to split the pairs with the best advantage at your side. Using the strategy above allows you make the optimal decision to split the blackjack pairs or keep them in pair to increase your advantage.

How to play Blackjack Pairs - Quick Chart

Head-to-Head Blackjack

admin — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 16:30:03 +0000

Playing Blackjack at a traditional casino means you’re always trying to beat the house. The casino has a slight advantage over the players and even though knowing how to play the game and using developed strategies will even your chances of beating the dealer, it’s the house who always wins. So, how’s the head-to-head Blackjack at Casinorip.com a different experience for players?

Here are some points that will help you understand this unique game:

* Two players seat at the blackjack table and decide the amount of money they will bet for each game.

* Both players receive an equal amount of casino chips “dollars”.

* In each game, the players will play through a pre-set number of rounds, one hand per round (5, 10 or 40-hands game)

* In each round, both players will try to beat the dealer’s hand to build up their chip-stack.

* To win any given round, players must beat the dealer’s hand by having a hand worth more in terms of combined face value, without going over a total of 21.

* At the end of the last round, the player with the larger chip-stack wins the game and takes the money, not the dealer.

At this point it seems like you still need to beat the dealer, right? Well, here’s where things get interesting.

The first thing to note is that playing head-to-head Blackjack means that a real person always wins, not the house. This means that if you lose, your opponent will be taking your money, not the house. The second thing is that because you and your opponent start the game with an exact equal chip-stack and play a pre-set number of hands per game, winning is not determined by who wins more hands but rather how builds the larger chip stack. To win, you’ll need a solid betting strategy as well as the basic blackjack strategy. Knowing how much to bet in each hand and when to Hit, Stand, or Double, will make the differences between winning and losing. This combination of skill and strategy means that a player could win a head-to-head blackjack game by winning only one out of the five hands, but this will depend on the players’ skills.

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admin — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 15:05:05 +0000

Online Blackjack

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