TIPS FOR PLAYING BLACKJACK

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TIPS FOR PLAYINGBLACKJACK

Online Casino GrandOnline provides
standard guidelines that are widely accepted, and should be adhered to when at all
possible.

  • If player uses basic strategy, he reduces the house edge to
    less than 1%.
  • Regardless of what the dealer’s up card is, always split
    Aces and 8′s.
  • Increase the amount of your bet only when you are winning.
  • You hold a 52% advantage over the house if you are dealt an Ace as
    your first card.
  • Multiply your normal bet by 40 in order to determine an
    appropriate bankroll.
  • Your expected loss will be 10 times worse if you mimic the dealer,
    that is hitting all 16′s, standing on 17′s and never splitting or doubling, than if you
    play from the strategy chart.

Presuming that the game always hit a hard total of 7 or less;
always stand on a hard total of 17 or more; always stand on a soft total of 19 or more,
player can use the following tables as guidelines to use during play.

Table A. Drawing rules
for hard totals

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Ace
8 H H H H H H H H H H
9 H D D D D H H H H H
10 D D D D D D D D H H
11 D D D D D D D D D H
12 H H S S S H H H H H
13 S S S S S H H H H H
14 S S S S S H H H H H
15 S S S S S H H H SU H
16 S S S S S H H SU SU SU
17 S S S S S S S S S S

Table B. Drawing rules for soft totals.

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Ace
A,2 H H H D/H D/H H H H H H
A,3 H H H D/H D/H H H H H H
A,4 H H D/H D/H D/H H H H H H
A,5 H H D/H D/H D/H H H H H H
A,6 H D/H D/H D/H D/H H H H H H
A,7 S D/S D/S D/S D/S S S H H H
A,8 S S S S S S S S S S

Table C. Drawing rules for pairs.

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Ace
2,2 P/H P/H P P P P H H H H
3,3 P/H P/H P P P P H H H H
4,4 H H H P/H P/H H H H H H
5,5 D D D D D D D D H H
6,6 P/H P P P P H H H H H
7,7 P P P P P P H H H H
8,8 P P P P P P P P P P
9,9 P P P P P S P P S S
T,T S S S S S S S S S S
A,A P P P P P P P P P P

Table D. Drawing rule descriptions.

H Hit – take a card.
S Stand – do not take a card.
P Split the pair.
D Double down.
SU Surrender if available otherwise HIT.
D/P Double if available otherwise HIT.
D/S Double if available otherwise STAND.
P/H Split if double after split is available otherwise
HIT.