Playing Australia casino blackjack is relatively simple with beginners being able to learn and apply basic strategy fairly quickly. Australia Casino is passionate about not only offering you the best live dealer blackjack casino providers but also offering a strong knowledge base to take into the casino with you.
How to play blackjack:
- The aim of blackjack is to get your card total as near to 21 as possible compared to the dealer
- Begin with the betting phase by placing your bet in the corresponding area
- The dealer will then deal you two cards face up and itself one face up and one face down
- You are now able to take additional cards (hit) or stay on your current total (stand)
- Each card you add will be added to your initial card total until you stop or go bust (beyond 21)
- The dealer will then flip over his face down card and attempt to beat your card total before needing to stop at a certain number or going bust
- If your total is closer or equal to 21 you will be paid out 1:1 odds
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Live dealer blackjack strategy has been refined over the years to the point that it now features a very basic hand by hand chart that players can follow. Although the strategy doesn’t guarantee that you will win when playing at an Australia casino blackjack site, it will reduce the house edge to the absolute minimum.
Blackjack basic strategy is built on a hand by hand list of rules split into three main subsections namely: playing hard hands, playing soft hands and finally playing pairs.
Playing hard hands (2 card hand that does not feature an ace)
- Hand total 8 or less: Always hit
- Hand total 9: Double if the dealer’s face up card is 2 to 6. Otherwise hit
- Hand total 10: Double if the dealer’s face up card is 2 to 9. Otherwise hit
- Hand total 11: Double if the dealer’s face up card is 2 to 10. Otherwise hit
- Hand total 12: Stand if the dealer's face up card is 4 to 6. Otherwise hit
- Hand total 13 to 16: Stand if the dealer’s face up card is 2 to 6. Otherwise hit
- Hand total 17 to 21: Always stay Playing soft hands (2 card hand that does feature an ace)
- Hand Ace 2 or Ace 3: Double if the dealer’s face up card is 5 or 6. Otherwise hit
- Hand Ace 4 or Ace 5: Double if the dealer’s face up card is 4 to 6. Otherwise hit
- Hand Ace 6: Double if the dealer’s face up card is 3 to 6. Otherwise hit
- Hand Ace 7: Stand if the dealer’s face up card is 2, 7 or 8. Double 3 to 6. Otherwise hit
- Hand Ace 8 or Ace 9: Always stand Playing pairs
- Pair of Aces or eights: Always split
- Pair of twos or threes: If the dealer’s face up card is 2 to 6, split. Otherwise hit
- Pair of fours: If the dealer’s face up card is 5 or 6, split. Otherwise hit
- Pair of fives: If the dealer’s face up card is 2 to 9, double. Otherwise hit
- Pair of sixes: If the dealer’s face up card is 2 to 6, split. Otherwise hit
- Pair of sevens: If the dealer’s face up card is 2 to 7, split. Otherwise hit
- Pairs of nines: If the dealer’s face up card is 2 to 6, 8 or 9, split. If it’s a 7, 10, or Ace, stand
- Pair of tens: Always stand
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