Blackjack of Rules and Tips

Blackjack is played with standard decks in the online casino Malaysia. The cards from twos to tens have their face values. All picture cards are valued at 10 and the ace can take a value of 1 or of 11. Hand values are obtained by adding the values of the cards. The objective for the player is to get a hand value closer to 21 than the dealer, but without going over 21.

The player places his wager and is dealt two cards and the dealer is dealt one card face up. On the basis of these cards, the player has to choose his move. The player can Stand, which means that he does not want any more cards. He can Hit or ask for another card. The player can keep hitting till he chooses to stand or busts (goes over 21). The player can Split if both his cards are of equal rank. He then places another equal wager and plays the game with two independent hands. If the player thinks he has a good hand he can Double his wager but has to take one and only one card after that. If the player busts, he loses his wager. If he stands the dealer’s hand is played according to predefined rules. If the dealer busts the player wins. Otherwise, the final hands are compared and the one with the higher hand value wins. If the player wins he is paid even money. If the player is dealt a blackjack upfront he is paid 3 to 2. In case of ties,

the player’s bet is returned.

The above description is for blackjack under European rules. In most American casinos there is a major difference. The dealer is dealt one card face up and one card face down. In case the face up card is a 10 value card the dealer will check for blackjack. If the dealer has a blackjack then the player loses immediately.