Using basic strategy at online casinos in Canada

Blackjack appeared somewhere in the very beginning of the 18th century and now it is one of the most popular games played in the casinos all around. Before starting to play one the most exciting games around, you should learn the rules of this game and develop the strategy that will help you to be a success at the blackjack table. Blackjack is the game that allows you to win thanks to your skills and knowledge. Just this fact makes blackjack so luring and draws so many players to blackjack tables. And, without a doubt, everyone dreams to win. Throughout the history blackjack players have tried to invent strategies to help them to beat the casino while playing this game. There are lots of different systems that were invented and are used at the casinos, but no one works as it does Basic Strategy. Let us tell you about this striking strategy.

Blackjack Basic Strategy

Basic strategy is based on the mathematics behind blackjack. The concept of an optimal strategy to play Blackjack was born in 1953 in the USA. A group of soldiers, Roger Baldwin, Wilbert Cantey, Herbert Maisel and James McDermott developed it. It took them a year and a half to come up with basic strategy. Later simulations with computers proved that their strategy was virtually perfect. These Four Horsemen as they were called in the blackjack community were inducted into the Blackjack Hall of Fame in Las Vegas in 2008.

Basic Strategy if used correctly reduces the house edge to the minimum. Nobody could invent something better. Basic Blackjack Strategy is the best way to play every hand.

To win in Blackjack the player must play each hand in the optimum way, and such strategy always takes into consideration what the dealer's up card is. For example, if the dealer shows 7, 8, 9, 10, or ace, the player may hit until his hand reaches a total of 17 or more. When the dealer's up card is 4, 5, or 6, the player should stop hitting as soon as his hand totals 12 or higher. And you can draw until you have 13 or more when the dealer’s up card is 2, or 3. The strategy is never to draw a card if there’s any chance of going bust. Basic strategy is given in charts and tells the player what to do — hit, stand, split, double, or surrender in any possible situation. This strategy shows what decision increases the player’s odds, and decreases the casino advantage.

If you want to benefit from the blackjack basic strategy, you must use it properly. As it has been mentioned above all steps are mathematically proven to be optimal, and any deviation increases the house edge. However, sometimes, if you feel you will surely win (I don’t think intuition is the worst thing) you can step aside.

Basic strategy is based on odds and probabilities, so it can’t guarantee you that each hand will win. You will certainly lose some of your hands, however, in the long run you will win more and you will be able to beat the casinos.

To sum up, use the basic strategy correctly. You have to use the right chart (find out the number of decks used in the blackjack game you are playing) that is the chart for a single deck game can’t be used when playing the six deck game.