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BlackJackBob! I found this page & thought you might find it useful, after I read your post yesterday!
BlackJackBob "Do you have any screenshot about Blackjack?
I'm learning this type, and I want to make a try on Casino online.
Thanks."
Blackjack is said to have originated in France. This game is the favorite of gamblers, who like to play online games.
•The main goal of the game is to get as closer to 21 as possible, but at the same time the number should be better than the dealer, but not over 21.
•If the sum total of the cards in the player's hand exceeds 21 then they go busted.
•It is necessary for the player to have a better number than the dealer without being over 21. If the dealer has a number over 21 if he goes busted.
How is the hand value in blackjack assessed?
The value of the cards dealt to the players hands are added together with the values allotted as follows:
•All cards from 2 to 10 are valued at their face value. 2 has 2 points, 3 has 3 points and so on.
•All face cards like K, J, Q are valued at 10.
•Ace can be valued to be 1 or 11.
When is Ace valued as 1? Why is it known as a hard hand?
In cases where the Ace is valued 1, the hand is known as hard blackjack hand.
This is because if the player is going to calculate it with the higher value for ace the hand has a risk of going busted. To avoid the risk of going busted the hand is valued at 1.
Since the risk involved in making 21 without going busted, is hard with valuing 11 this is known as the hard hand and therefore the value for Ace in such situations is taken to the ace.
When is Ace valued as 11? Why is it known as a soft hand?
In cases where the Ace is valued 11, the hand is known as soft blackjack hand.
This is because if the player is going to calculate it with the higher value for ace the hand does not have a risk of going busted because the other cards have a low value.
Since the risk involved in making 21 by valuing the Ace at 11 without going busted is very less, this is known as the soft hand and therefore the value for Ace in such situations is taken to the ace.
The ace can be valued at 1 or 11 subject to the discretion of the player!
In our Blackjack game, the shoe consists of 6 decks.
A two card blackjack hand equal to 21 is better than a three card blackjack hand which equals 21.
The Game Proceeds
•Before having any hands dealt, the player is supposed to place a wager.
•After making the wager 2 face down cards will be dealt to the player.
•The dealer will be dealt with face down and face up cards.
•The face up card of the dealer will be visible to the players. The hole card of the dealer will be face down until the player completes his hand.
•After the players complete the hands, the dealer will turn the hole cards over.
•If the dealer has a hard total, he will stand.
•If the dealer has a hand less than 16, then he has to hit until his total is over 16 or bust means crosses 21. If the dealer has a soft 16, he hits.
•After the dealer completes these proceeds the hands are compared and the payouts are made accordingly.
Types Of Drawing Decisions In Blackjack
•Hit
•Stand
•Double Down
•Splitting
Hit: Hit is nothing but getting dealt with another card. If you require a hit, you will be dealt with another card. You can choose to hit if the total of your existing cards does not go above 10. Because, chances are less likely for you to loose because the highest number you can get in a new deal is 10 and you will not exceed 21 if you hit with an existing total or 10 or less.
Stand: Stand refers to not wishing to get any more cards, probably because the existing total of your cards is already more than 10 and you are likely at a risk for getting busted if you get one more card. If you click stand, it means you do not want any more cards and that you prefer to compare the ranks you have in your hand.
Double Down: After getting your first 2 cards, you can double your initial wager. And if you choose to double down you will be getting a third card and nothing more. You have to make your hand with the 3 cards you have.
Splitting: In cases where you get two cards of same value you can split your hand in to two different hands. For example Q, K is both valued 10 and you can split this hand and play each cards separately. If you get 8, 8 you can split it in to two hands and you can play each card separately. After you split your hand with similar value you will be dealt with a second card for one split, after you complete playing the hand the other card will be dealt to the other split card. After splitting, regular playing rules apply for each of the split cards and each split hand should be played like two separate hands.
You can double down on each of the split cards. For each split you make a new wager equal to the initial wager should be placed. 1:1 is paid for a split Blackjack hand as opposed to the normal 3:2.
Insurance In Blackjack
In cases, where the dealer receives an Ace for an initial card, then they have a huge possibility of making a Blackjack hand. In cases, where the player suspects that the dealer might have better odds with Ace, then the player can insure against the dealer's blackjack if they believe that the dealer's hidden cards can contribute to 10.
If you wish to insure, you have to pay half of the amount from your stake for insurance. If the dealer has a Blackjack, 2:1 will be paid by the insurance, which will be equal to your original stack. If you get the insurance and the dealer does not have the Blackjack then you loose your insurance.
The stake invested in insurance gets settled by whatever the dealer gets.So, insurance in Blackjack can be regarded as a game of its own. It is an additional parameter to play a secure game if the dealer has a blackjack; however, you loose money if the dealer does not.
Payoffs in Blackjack
The bets, which are won by the players when the value of their hand is higher than the value of dealer's hand without going over 21 leads to the payoffs.
•In cases where the player busts, then the dealer wins without turning over the card.
•Each hand making a total lower than the dealer will loose.
•Hands which have equal value with the dealer is a tie, or a 'push', and the original wager of the player will disappear from the table.
•The payout will be 3:2 instead of 1:1 if the player gets a Blackjack.
I found this page at Planet23, not sure whether they are the general rules though, TDTAT maybe you could say on that 1????
Hope it help's a little anyway? 
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bubblegem, Thanks! 
I am moving this to the gambling articles and guides section. Great post!
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« bubblegem » wrote:
Blackjack is said to have originated in France. This game is the favorite of gamblers, who like to play online games.
Is it true that BJ came from France. I read on Wiki, but it said that the originate of BJ is unknown?
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I read it again 
Quote: Blackjack's precursor was "twenty-one," a game of unknown origin. The first written reference is found in a book of Miguel de Cervantes, the author of Don Quixote, and a gambler himself. The main characters of his tale "Rinconete y Cortadillo", from "Novelas Ejemplares", are a couple of cheaters working in Seville. They are proficient at cheating at "veintiuna" (Spanish for twenty-one), and stated that the object of the game is to reach 21 points without busting, and that the Ace values 1 or 11. The game is played with the Spanish Baraja, that is without eights, nines and tens. This short story was written between 1601 and 1602, so the game was played in Castilia since the beginning of the 17th Century or even earlier. Later references of this game are found in France and Spain.
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you said that it have origins in France... but I dont believe it
The game of Blackjack was introduced to the United States in the 19th century but the origin of the game is still much in dispute. Blackjack can be traced back to several European card games including the French 'Vingt-Un' (21), 'Trente et Quarente', and 'Chemin de Fer' (Railroad), as well as the Spanish 'One and Thirty', Italian 'Baccara' and 'Seven and a half' which all have similarities to modern Blackjack.
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« freegamesX » wrote: you said that it have origins in France... but I dont believe it
The game of Blackjack was introduced to the United States in the 19th century but the origin of the game is still much in dispute. Blackjack can be traced back to several European card games including the French 'Vingt-Un' (21), 'Trente et Quarente', and 'Chemin de Fer' (Railroad), as well as the Spanish 'One and Thirty', Italian 'Baccara' and 'Seven and a half' which all have similarities to modern Blackjack.
It wasn't what I said!!!!! I'm sorry if this proves wrong to the origins of Blackjack, the page was copied from a RULES page from the Casino! It was posted in response to a request made to TDTAT on how to play online Blackjack & for some screenshots! I never intended it to be the history of Blackjack & was only trying to help! Someone at the Casino may have read different fact's & got it wrong!!!!    
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bubblegem, Ignore that member "freegamesX"... they have just been banned as they only posted a message to try to get members to go to their site, via the link in the signature, which is not allowed, and has been deleted. 
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Tks for your posting again bubblegem Sorry because of my fault to let the discuss into another direction
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No problem BlackJackBob! 
Found this small piece of history for you at Casino Glamour & they also have Rules & History pages if any1 else needs any help with new/different online casino games!
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Blackjack Rules - History
Blackjack is by far the most popular card game in modern casinos across Europe and North America. Like many well-established games, its origins are not well documented. Most scholars consider Blackjack to have some roots in a popular card game found at casino tables in 17th Century France, called Vingt-et-Un (20 and 1), hence its other common name: "21". There are candidates predating Vingt-et-Un, but most are poorly documented.
The pre-revolutionary French taught the game to English sailors, soldiers and merchants, who christened it "Blackjack" because of a special rule regarding what was considered the ideal hand in Vingt-et-Un: A player who held the Ace of Spades (i.e. a Black spade) and the Jack of Spades as the first two cards of his hand would be paid out extra. The English gambler's penchant for easy rhymes took over (think "chuck-a-luck", "acey-duecy"), and Black Jack was hard to resist.
Soon, Blackjack migrated to North America, where it gained a wide audience in the 18th Century among the colonists and then spread west through the 19th Century with the migration of pioneers. When Nevada legalized gambling in the early 20th Century, Blackjack was a mainstay of Las Vegas casinos. Since then it has evolved into many variations, as different casinos and different geographic regions adopted their own particular sets of rules.
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Alway's post where I have picked up the information, so please don't shoot the messenger if the fact's are not 100% !! 
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Hey just had a look at the conversation going on here and would like to share some knowledge which I had read somewhere.
The history of blackjack is a fascinating story. The first blackjack game was played in the 1700s in France, where it was known as "vingt-et-un." From France, the game of blackjack spread to Louisiana and Nova Scotia, and then throughout the United States and eventually to casinos around the world.
The game of blackjack really took off in the 1960s, when mathematics professor Edward Thorp studied the game seriously and developed the first card-counting techniques and the blackjack basic strategy. Since that time, other mathematicians and computer scientists have perfected an even more accurate basic strategy, while great blackjack players like Ken Uston and the famed MIT Blackjack Team have made their own contributions to the growth of blackjack. These individuals and others are now enshrined in the Blackjack Hall of Fame in honor of their contributions to the game of blackjack.
The biggest breakthrough in blackjack history was the creation of the internet blackjack casino in the 1990s.
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In blackjack, you are competing against the dealer, not against other players. Therefore, it’s possible to have several winning hands at one time. Each player is dealt two cards, face down, while the dealer receives one card face down and the second card face up. The rest of the deck is called shoe. In order to eliminate the chance of calculating what cards are left, sometimes 2 or three 52 card decks are shuffled beforehand.
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There are many suggestions of so called ‘optimal’ strategies that minimize house edge and increase winning opportunities. But remember that most of the player’s actions are much unexpected than you think, as the game is very involving and the rules advised are too many to memorize and use. This is what I wanted to share 
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