To win playing blackjack at an online casino depends not just on luck
but also expertise and exercise. If you gamble strategically, you can even
increase your edge over the online casinos.
Important Rules:
Because the online casino plays last, he has the advantage.
Accordingly, even if the online casino busts after you, you lose.
The online casino must act as per a rigid set of rules.
Even if the online casino could win with a hand of 15, the
online casino dealer must hit risking a bust.
You have to reach a higher sum than that of the dealer
and not as close to 21. If you have a 17 and the dealer 16, you
win. Many online casino players forget this and bust a lot more
than necessary. But in any case, even if you lose, know when to stop.
Basic Game Strategy
You must know this if you want to become an online casino winner. Using casino
statistics, you calculate the
outcome and then gamble accordingly to win. Using such
statistics to analyze and bet accordingly is one of the best
ways of ensuring a win in this game unlike Baccarat.
For instance, use to your advantage the fact that the
online casino must hit even if he has a winning hand of 16
or stand with a hand of 17 or more. Since you can see one of the
online casino dealer's cards, here are predictions for the online casino dealer going bust:
2 - there is a 35% chance of going bust
3 - there is a 37% chance of going bust
4 - there is a 40% chance of going bust
5 or 6 - there is a 42% chance of going bust
7 - there is a 26% chance of going bust
8 - there is a 24% chance of going bust
9 or 10 - there is a 23% chance of going bust
If the online casino dealer's card is an Ace - there is a 17% chance of going bust.
Thus note that there is a bigger chance of the online casino dealer
going bust when the shown card is 6 or less. Similarly, there is a
smaller chance of the online casino dealer going bust when the
shown card is 7 or above. The subsequent strategy has been developed accordingly.
Hard hand rules (when Ace must be counted as one)
1. Stand if your hand totals 17 to 21 because there's a high change of busting.
2. If the online casino is dealt a low card (2 to 6,0), you should stand
if your sum totals 12 to 16 because there's a high chance that the
online casino dealer will bust.
3. If the online casino is dealt a high card (7 to Ace,0), and
your sum totals 12 to 16, take another card because there's very
little chance that the online casino dealer will bust. Hence you need
to take another card to improve your chances of winning with a higher total.
Soft Hand Rules (Ace added as 11 or 1)
Usually an online casino allows you to play the Ace either as a 1
or as a 11. When you have such a card, it is referred to
as a 'soft hand'. Play these differently because you cannot go bust
on such a card. If you receive a high card, simply revalue the
ace as 1. The basic casino strategy you should
follow when playing with such soft-hands is called 'double down', and
should be used when the online casino is probably going to bust.
Online Casino Players Hand Strategy:
If you have a soft 19 or 20 - stand
If you have a soft 18, stand if the online casino has a 2, 7 or 8.
Hit if the dealer has a 9, 10 or Ace.
Double down if the dealer has a 3, 4, 5 or 6.
If you have a soft 17 - Hit if the dealer has a 2, 7, 8, 9, 10 or Ace.
Double down if the dealer has a 3, 4, 5 or 6.
If you have a soft 16 or 15 - Hit if the dealer has a 2, 3, 7, 8, 9, 10 or Ace.
Double down if the dealer has a 4, 5 or 6.
If you have a soft 14 or 13 - Hit if the dealer has a 2, 3, 4, 7, 8, 9, 10 or Ace.
Double down if the dealer has a 5 or 6.
Doubling Down at an Online Casino
You can enlarge your bet by doubling down. Do this only after you have
compared the odds and are certain that your chances of winning are
excellent. Double down only if your chances of winning are more than
that of the online casino or if you can win more than by just calling the hand.
An online casino has different rules pertaining doubling down: you can
do this only after you receive your first two cards and before you
get the next. You might come across an online casino that permits this
option only on certain hands (9, 10 or 11).
Double down only if:
The online casino has 2 to 10, and you have a hard 11.
You have a hard 11 and the online casino has 2 to 9.
The online casino has 3 to 6, and you have a hard 9.
You have an Ace and a 6 or 7 and the online casino has 3 to 6.
The online casino has 4 to 6, and you have an Ace and a 4 or 5.
You have an Ace and a 2 or 3 and the online casino has 5 to 6.
Splitting Pairs Strategy
According to the value of the pairs, split them in direct relation.
Always split eights and aces, but never split a pair of fives or tens.
If you have two tens, you have a greater chance or winning, and the same
goes if you have two fives. In all cases, there is a high chance that
you will draw a ten and thus win because the online casino will find it
hard to beat your hand.
Otherwise split if the online casino has a low card. If you have a pair of
sevens, threes or twos and the online casino has a 2 or 7 - split you pair.
Likewise if you have a pair of fours and the online casino has a 5 or 6.
If the online casino has cards from 2 to 6 and you have a pair of sixes,
split it up. If you have a pair of nines and the online casino shows a
7 DON'T split because even if he has a card worth 10 your 18 will win.
Surrendering strategy
Usually the online casino won't permit this unpopular strategy. If you
think your hand has a high chance of losing, you can decide to forfeit. In
such a case, you lose half of your bet instead of losing the whole amount.
Decide according to the type of online casino game you
are playing.
Multiple Deck Blackjack:
Surrender if the online casino has a ten and you
have a hard fifteen or if the online casino has a nine, ten or ace and
you have a hard sixteen.
Two Deck Blackjack: surrender if the online casino has a ten and you have
a hard fifteen or a hard sixteen or a pair of sevens.
Card Counting
Did you watch Dustin Hoffman in "Rain Man" and thought that card counting
requires photographic memory or some other talent? Do you think that it
means you must remember and list every played card and from this list
derive and predict the next card? Wrong.
Card counting means simple subtracting and adding of the times high or low
valued cards appear. Thus you can determine whether the cards are in your
favor or not. But this requires a lot of practice and knowledge.
If you can count rapidly while appearing like any other player, you can use this.
If you receive a high content of 10 valued cards in it, increase your
bet. Likewise decrease your bet if you count a lot of low valued cards in it.
Why are ten valued cards so important for the player?
If the deck is stacked with tens and you receive a poor hand, you can
decide not to draw. Remember that the online casino must draw if he
has sixteen or less.
If your hand totals eleven, ten or nine, and you counted a deck stacked
with tens - it would be a great idea to double down.
Likewise on stacked deck of tens, you have a bigger chance of getting
blackjack. This is great because you are paid 3 -2 for a blackjack.
There are many ways to count decks and thus determine if a deck is stacked.
The method proposed below is called the high low point count system.
High Low point count system
A basic card counting system, it is easy to learn and if you are a
beginner, I recommend this. Though easy to learn, it needs a lot of
practice. Practice, practice and again practice so that you can do it
rapidly without arousing suspicion.
Give each card a value:
Add one if you get one of these cards: two, three, four, five and six.
Add zero if you get one of these cards: seven, eight and nine.
Subtract one if you get one of these cards: ten or ace.
Add or subtract one as each card is dealt. Make your conclusions as
per your sum.
For instance:
You get 2 and 10, player 2 gets ace and 9, player 3 gets6 and 8 and
the online casino gets a 10. The total sum will be -1.
Conclusion:
Place small bets when the total sum is less or equal to zero. But if
the sum is higher than two, place large bets because the odds are in
your favor.
In any case, before using this system - practice again and again till
you can count the cards at the online casino rapidly.
