All About Blackjack

Blackjack is game which have existed in casinos since the first of them were established. As the game involves both luck and skills to be won, more and more players now pay attention to it. Previously people though that only good luck can help them to win the game, but now everything is changed, as in the middle of 20 centuries new and new strategies started to appear to beat the game.

Today you can find any of the strategies online, or reading special book guides, or watching educational movies. The only thing you need to do is to master your skills to be able to count the cards left in the shoe. But is you do not like this type of strategy, you can also make use of other methods, such as the blackjack basic strategy.

Blackjack Card Counting Strategies

  • Hi-Lo
  • Hi-Opt I
  • Hi-Opt II
  • KO
  • Omega II
  • Red 7
  • Zen Count

These are the most popular of the strategies used by players at tournaments and blackjack games at traditional casinos. Their main drawback is that they cannot be used at online gambling houses, as the decks are reshuffled there after each dealing.

If you have ever visited casino, no matter land based or a virtual one, you have probably seen that blackjack games are always played at different tables. The matter is that blackjack has lots of variations, rules of which are different, and each of the games should be played at special table. In most cases the strategies which players use during the game remain the same though they have some modifications.

Blackjack Variations

The number of blackjack variations is really high, and it is obvious as this game is one of the most played all over the world. There are local variant developed to satisfy the gambling desires of players from a certain region, like Chinese blackjack, or variations which have got some of the particular changes in game play, like Spanish 21 which is played with Spanish deck of cards.

Below find the list of the most popular blackjack variations which you can find online:

  1. Regular Blackjack
  2. Multihand Blackjack
  3. Vegas Strip
  4. Spanish 21
  5. Pontoon
  6. Chinese Blackjack
  7. 21st-Century Blackjack
  8. Double Exposure Blackjack
  9. Double Attack Blackjack
  10. Blackjack Switch
  11. Super Fun

You will find all of these variations at any online casino, but there are also some which are not mentioned here. Besides, some of online casinos offer software with specially developed blackjack game which has no analogues in other gambling houses.