![]() In most cases when you come up with a hand that has a score of 21, the dealer will take another card out of the deck and continue to draw until they either exceed your number and win or they keep getting closer and closer to 21 without going over and in that case you would win. ![]() If all this brings a craving for blackjack you could play it on. ![]() Since there are only 20 cards in a deck, this means that if you’re ever dealt a hand where your number is 21 then the dealer would also have to have that number which means they would lose! This is called Blackjack (though depending on where you play it there might be some other name for it like Twenty-One). The rules are basically the same whether you use one deck or several, and the reason it’s called Blackjack is that if you use one deck and don’t split your numbers (which I’ll explain later) then you can only end up with a score of 21. In order not to complicate this article too much, we are going to stick with the simple example of a single deck of cards. In fact, some people play blackjack just so they can figure out ways to beat the dealer! This can be a challenge because many times it’s better for you to just take another card even though that means the dealer will have a higher score than if you didn’t. Some of the most important things in playing blackjack are knowing when and where to stand (not draw any more cards), and how to make yourself win. Since they had to do all the drawing themselves, they would “hit” their own cards rather than deal them to get more. ![]() This is because in the original version of the game when it first came out, players would have to use their own deck of cards to draw from rather than having them dealt with by someone else. ![]() When you start learning to play blackjack, one thing you might notice is that people say things like “hitting” instead of dealing another card. It’s just simple math, so anyone can play it! If your number is bigger than the dealer’s number, then you win! Unlike some games there are no tricks involved - this isn’t one of those games that have special moves or anything like that. Blackjack is a card game where you get cards and add up the numbers on each of them. ![]()
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