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Everyone knows that when you play Blackjack against the house the odds are in favor of the house even if you consider yourself a highly skilled player due to fact that usually casinos use a 6 card deck. However, there are some specific actions that you can do in order to increase your chances against the dealer.

The first thing you should look on either online casinos blackjack games and to land base casinos is to find a table were the minimum bet is affordable. This is no problem to online casino sites where blackjack games begin as low as $0.10 but on real casinos usually the minimum bet is $5.

After finding a suitable blackjack table, you should start deploying your strategy which has two legs. The first one is to manage to get the highest cards value possible (21 is the optimal) and the second leg is to force the dealer to bust. As you already know, the dealer has always one card revealed and given the rule that he/she must stay on 17 you can force him to draw when his revealed card is three, four of five. If for example you have 12, 13, 14 or 15 and the dealer shows a 5 then do not ask for another card. Let him draw.

Another important feature on blackjack is splitting. You should always split Aces, eights and nines (when dealer shows a nine) while you shouldn’t split five’s or four’s. Splitting, as well doubling should be used carefully as it cast cost you a lot of money. Always double when you are expecting a ten but never when the total value of your cards is below 8.

Blackjack is a game of skill but you shouldn’t spoil the fun you can get by betting large amounts of money that you cannot afford. If you really want to become a skillful blackjack player, then start practicing on free online casino rooms, then switch to real money on online casinos and finally visit some real establishments to try your luck under real conditions.