Blackjack hands beginners

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Blackjack Hands Beginners
Anything new can be challenging but learning the
basics of blackjack doesnt have to be. If all
you know is that cards must add up to 21, believe
it or not, youre already doing better than
some. Lets go over a few points to help you at
least look like you know what youre doing at the
tables.
To start, there are as many as 270 combinations
considering 10 dealer up cards multiplied by the
27 possible player hands. Whats an up card? Its
exactly that, a card that the dealer leaves
facing up. Whats great about this game is that
you dont have to memorize a bunch of rules to
play it. All you need is a general understanding
of how things work in this game if you against
the dealer.
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• Soft Hand Tips
• Soft Hand is a card combination in which the Ace
  equals 11 points.
• stand, if you have already 19 or 20 points
• stand, if you have 18, and the dealer has 7 or 8
  points
• double independent of your cards, if the dealer
  has 5 or 6 points
• double, if the dealer has 4 points, and you have
  15-18
• double, if the dealer has 3, and you have 17-18
• double, if the dealer has 2, and you have 18
• hit in all other cases.
• Hard Hand Tips
• Hard Hand is a card combination in which the Ace
  equals 1.

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• When playing with pairs of cards of the same
  value
• split, if you have pairs of Aces or 8s
• stand, if you have a pair of 10s
• double, if you have a pair of 5s, and the dealer
  has 9 or less
• stand, if you have a pair of 9s, and the dealer
  has the Ace or 10
• hit, if you have pairs of 4s or 6s, and the
  dealer has 4 and less
• hit, if you have a pair of 4s, and the dealer has
  4 and less
• hit, if the dealer has 8 and up, and you have a
  pair of cards from 2 to 7
• split pairs of cards in all other cases.
• To master the blackjack basic strategy you can
  experiment with free play before diving into the
  real money pool.
• The following table will help you with the card
  counting as well as with making the correct
  decisions during the game.