Play Blackjack Perfectly

• Published: January 9, 2014
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It is often publicized that many blackjack variants offer an average return of over 99.5%. This would imply that one can at best lose only marginally in the long term at these games. However, the statement comes with a caveat. You need perfect skill to achieve the high level of return. If you do not make the right moves then the average returns nosedive. Now many online casinos enable players to play blackjack perfectly without mastering the requisite skill. They provide a blackjack strategy card using which you are always assured of exercising the best option. This article illustrates the use of the blackjack strategy card based on Microgaming Vegas Strip Blackjack. But some other software providers also offer the strategy card in their blackjack variants.

The first step is to set the game in the Expert mode by clicking the ‘Expert’ button. This adds two buttons to the panel, which are ‘Auto Play’ and ‘Strategy’. Initiate the game in the normal way. When it is your turn to select a move then you should click on the ‘Strategy’ button to reveal the strategy card and select the move from the card.

The strategy card is easy to read. The rows are based on the value of your hand at that time. There are three sections. The first section gives hard hand values from 5 to 18+. The second section gives soft hand values from 13 to 20. The third section is for dealt pairs. The columns are based on the dealer’s face up card. They run from 2 to 10 and ace. The picture cards are valued at 10 and therefore covered by the column for 10. You have to simply locate the intersection of your present hand value and the dealer’s face up card and execute the option indicated. Suppose you are dealt a king and a four and the dealer’s face up card is a three. The intersection of a player hand value of hard 14 and dealer’s face up card being a three states “Stand”, so that is what you do.

It can be tedious to toggle to the strategy card for every move and Microgaming has taken care of this as well. Vegas Strip Blackjack offers an Auto Play in which you can set the number of deals, the time between deals and the conditions for aborting the Auto Play prematurely. This Auto Play is programmed to take inputs from the strategy card for every player move. Vegas Strip Blackjack is offered at several WinnerCasino.com recommended online casinos that include 32Red, Royal Vegas and All Slots.