These are the blackjack card values used in almost all blackjack game variations:
Jun 27, 2018 Blackjack Hand Signals When you play blackjack at a land-based casino there are hand signals you need to follow to indicate what move you are going to make based on the strength of your hand. Hand signals are important because they let the dealer know, above the noise around, of what you intend to do. Blackjack and counting cards go hand in hand, especially in popular culture. The ability to count cards, combined with the blackjack basic strategy, was the very thing that made it possible for various players and teams to make money off the casinos.
- Number cards (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10_ are played at face value.
- Kings, queens, and jacks are worth 10.
- Aces may be used as either 1 or 11
Player hand
One goal of blackjack is to get a hand as close to 21 as possible, but the main goal is to get a better hand than the dealer who is also trying to get to a value of 21 without going over.
The best of all blackjack hand values to have is the “Natural Blackjack” . This consists of an Ace plus a second card worth 10 (either a 10 or a face card). If a player is dealt this hand, then the hand is immediately compared with the dealer’s hand. Unless the dealer also has a natural blackjack, the player wins. If the dealer also has natural blackjack, this would result in a tie, also called a “push”, and the player’s original bet is returned.
Players can also get blackjack with three or more cards, but because there is risk involved in trying to get such a hand, a natural blackjack is obviously preferred.
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Dealer hand
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Dealers are bound by a few key rules that usually work in the player’s favor. These rules govern when the dealer can stand and when they can hit. They usualy involve a hand of 17, requiring that dealers hit to 17, and stand on any hand of 17 or more.
Blackjack Hand Sign
Sometimes, rules talk of “soft 17” or “hard 17”. A soft hand is one that contains an ace, so a “soft 17” is an ace plus a 6. IF a dealer can hit until hard 17 and they are dealt a soft 17, they must take another card. This is generally bad for players, since another card will force the ace to drop from a value of 11 to a value of 1, which can greatly improve the dealer’s hand.