Blackjack Strategy

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Black Jack is possibly one of the more favored games gambled on in betting houses. Black jack is also known as "twenty one" or Chemin de Fer. The game is a mix of chance and ability combined with decision-making. The game has adapted over a set amount of time. Players have specialized in certain skills like "card counting," with which they turn the edge in the game in their favor. The card game has been around since the 1700s. References can be located in historical documents to a card game referred to as "vingt-et-un," which means twenty one in French, and is considered the ancestor to black jack.

The card game was originally not so well-liked in the u.s.. This led to the casinos trying a number of things like offering a bonus like a 10-to-1 payout, if the blackjack player was dealt a "black" jack and an ace of spades. The jack could be either the jack of clubs or jack of spades. After the game got well-liked, the reward payout soon disappeared from the rules.

Any hand which achieves a total of twenty-one is considered a winner. The total can not exceed twenty-one, in which case the hand is said to be "bust." The target of any player is to beat the croupier. If both the player and the dealer have an identical hand value, it’s called "push" (a tie), with neither the black jack player nor the house coming away with a win on the hand.