Blackjack Basics

Blackjack is a banking game which uses 52-card decks. The game derives from the group of Twenty-One games that also includes Pontoon as well as Vingt-et-Un. Like other cards from the family of Twenty-One it is possible for the dealer to request players to place bets on their hands based on their total. The object of the game is to achieve an amount that is lower than 21 and beat the dealer's hand.

A player can increase their bet amount when he or receives a…