Blackjack for Beginners

A solid reasoning of when you should hit, when you should stand, when you should take up insurance and when you must split is essential and important for every beginner.

Why should you pay for a complicated book when following basics can keep you in just the right place? If you are a beginner you need to understand when a certain playing option can be best applied. Here is a little bit on to what the major decisions in blackjack are and when you should make them.

Hit as you already know is to draw another card. When you total the cards you have and if the total value is not more than 10, then you hit; but why? As you know, the highest value in blackjack for cards is 11, even if you get dealt with another high value card; you will still not go busted. Advanced players risk a hit aiming at an Ace to be replaced with 1 instead of 11; however, such plays are high risk and it is not a beginner’s cup of tea.

Stand refers to not drawing any more.  When you have a total more than 10 already and you see the dealer has a value much less than you in the face up card, you are likely heading towards risk, you better stand, you can still choose to hit and no one is going to stop you, but the risk factor will be high.

Double Down decision is where you will double your initial wager after the first 2 cards and you will be dealt a third card; however, not anything beyond the third card.  You will be making your hand with the 3 cards you have now; when trends are pretty favorable better double down.

Splitting will work best when you get the 2 cards where each of them has similar values.  For instance, cards 10 and K have value 10 each. After you split your hand, you will be dealt with a second card and after you play one hand the other hand will be dealt with another card.  Each hand will be played like a unique hand. Split hands are paid less.  In some situations you can you can split instead of standing and losing in the comparison with the dealers hand.

Insurance might not always be useful. It might go a waste and leave us with just the expenditure done.  Insurance is a whole new game in itself.  It is better for a beginner to just know what insurance is and leave it for tomorrow when you are done with having learnt other trends.