Black Jack Table

If you are planning to visit a casino any time soon, you are in for a treat; especially if you plan to try your luck at black jack. Choosing the right black jack table to play on is a major factor in how your game is going to go. Of course, if you are playing online black jack, the table rules are a little bit different. But I will get into that in a second. Let me just give you a bit of information about the game first. To start, you should understand what the face values of the cards are. The card values for free black jack are the same as in paid games and they are: Ace = 1 or 11; depending on how you need to use it, K,Q,J, and 10 = 10 points, and all of the other numbers are equal to their face value. One of the first things that you should know is that you are not to show your hand until you are finished the hand. If your cards are below 21, you may request one card at a time in order to get you closer to 21 without going over. If you go over 21 the game is over and the dealer wins. If you wind up with the same face value of the cards as the dealer, the dealer still wins. This is when strategy comes in. You can choose to double down; which is when you split your two cards, by placing them face up on the table instead and doubling your bet. Now that the game is briefly explained to you it helps if you know how to pick your tables before you play. You should know that the tables that have lower minimum bets will have the most people on them. You should choose the table that has a betting limit that you are comfortable playing at. There will be a sign at each table telling you what the betting limits are and you will see that the chips are separated by different color; each color representing a different denomination. In casinos you will find tables as low as 3-5 dollar minimum to 100 dollar minimum bets. Black jack tables are recognized because they also have the words ‘black pays 3-2’ written on the felt. You should also check the level

of the players at the table by what game they are playing, for example, beginners’ tables are usually playing shoe games that use 6-8 decks. Beginners’ games are dealt face up rather than face down. For beginners games dealers also try to offer advice as well. The more advanced the games are, the less decks the dealers will use because this helps to lower the odds against the casino. As you get more experienced, you can slowly move to intermediate and advanced games that use less decks. You can also do this at online casinos. Now that I have explained the basics about how to play black jack and how to best choose a black jack table, why keep waiting, you are ready to give it a try.