Consumology

It’s a common misconception that the way to win at blackjack, not poker online, is to get your hand as close to 21 as possible without going over. This little mistake has cost me a lot of money over the years as I’d hit on 12 or 13, even though the dealer was showing a 4 or a 5. After a while (far too long, in my opinion), I learned that for the most part, like in online poker , my cards are totally irrelevant. What we are actually banking on when we play blackjack is that the dealer will bust, because when he does, everybody’s a winner, and it doesn’t matter what your cards are at all. The only time that it’s advisable to hit is when the dealer’s up card is a 7-10 or a face card (including an Ace) and you’re hand is lower than that card plus ten, because if he’s got a 10 (the most common value in blackjack) under his up card, he’s got you beat. Otherwise, if the dealer’s showing a card that he’ll need to draw with like in poker, the chances are he that he has a ten and will draw another ten to bust. So if play the dealer’s hand-if it looks like he’s going to bust, then it doesn’t matter what you have.