European Blackjack

"Blackjack" is also called "21". Blackjack is one of the most popular casino games in the world. Those who play different casino games spend most of their time playing Blackjack. Blackjack rules are easy to understand and to learn. Blackjack gives the skilled player a consistent winning advantage over the house! A dealer and several players take part in Blackjack. Every player and the dealer have two cards each. Each player's hand is played against the dealer's hand only. If you obtain a hand value closer to twenty-one without going bust than the dealer does, your hand wins. The objective of Blackjack is to obtain a hand value as close to twenty-one as possible without going over. The objective of Blackjack is to Beat The Dealer! The most powerful hand possible is a hand value of twenty-one in your first two cards. An ace and a ten valued card will give you 21 or blackjack. When you receive a blackjack, the dealer will pay you three chips for every two that you have bet. If both you and the dealer have blackjacks your bet is simply retained by you. In this case you neither lose nor win. It is you who is to determine when to "hit" (take another card) and when to "stand" (stop taking cards). The rules for the dealer's game are fixes and he has no choice. The main rule for the dealer is to hit until his total is 17. If the player's total is 21 or lower than 21, but higher than the dealer's than he wins and he is paid 1:1. If the total of the player and of the dealer are equal it is called a push. Neither a player nor a dealer win or lose in the case of a push. If your total exceeds 21 you lose your bet and it is called "going bust". Even if the dealer also goes bust you still lose your bet. The dealer's greatest advantage over the player is that the dealer is always the last to play out his hand. Players have the advantage of flexible play. Players have four options. Players determine when to hit, when to stand, when to split (play two separate hands) and when to double down (double your wager in favorable situations).

The first standardized deck of cards appeared in 1440. It was printed by Guttenberg. The first deck had only 50 cards. It is only natural that there began to appear much card games, which were very popular among aristocracy and royalty. One of these games was Blackjack, which derived the features of several card games. It had some features of Baccarat, some Italian and French games. The mixture of all these games was called twenty-one. In the late 1800s the game appeared in America, but it was not very popular here, people liked Craps and Roulette much more. To attract gamblers houses offered much bonuses and promotions to Blackjack players. The craziest bonus was the pay out 10:1 for the following combination of cards: an Ace and a blackjack. This combination of cards was called a Blackjack and Later this name was given to the game itself. Some time passed and the casino game of Blackjack got popular in America not only among aristocracy, but all Americans. Now Blackjack was the third in popularity after Craps and Roulette. Nowadays the game of Blackjack is one of the most popular games, it is even more popular than Craps and Roulette. Besides, nowadays virtual blackjack is available.