Blackjack Beginner Guide: Overview

Blackjack is firmly established as one of the most popular games you'll find at any land-based casino club and you'll find this popularity has translated to the online world too, with every decent online casino offering at least two versions of the fundamental game.

It's an easy card game to learn, with the casino version being a competition between the player and the casino's dealer with the player wagering on winning the game. To win, the player must achieve a hand of cards with a higher value than the dealer, but without exceeding twenty-one. When counting the cards held all the picture cards in the deck – that is Kings, Queens and Jacks – count for '10' and all Aces can be assigned the value of '1' or '11', whichever is most helpful to the player.