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How To Play Blackjack
Are you new to gambling? Then learn how to play blackjack, for its one of the easiest steps to take which will enable you to enjoy the exciting entertainment that casinos have to offer.
So, lets take a look at its basic rules
youll be playing the game at your local casino in no time! Or, if thats rather far away, why not try participating in online blackjack?
Blackjack The Basic Rules
- First of all, you need to understand that the aim of this popular card game is to beat the dealer, not the other players.
- In order to achieve this, your cards must add up to a higher value than those of the dealer, without going over 21. If they do go over 21, then youre “bust”.
- Numbered cards are worth the number on the card. Face cards, such as Jacks, Queens, and Kings are worth 10 points. An Ace can be valued either at 11 points or 1 point – whichever fits best with your hand.
- Before the cards are dealt, youll place your bet. Made sure you know what the betting limits and minimum bet are!
- Next, youll be dealt two cards. The dealer will then give him or herself two cards one facing up, the other facing down. The value of the upturned card (as well as your own, of course) will help you decide on your next move.
- You now have a variety of choices
- You can “stand”, which means you dont want anymore cards.
- Should you want another card, then you will “hit”.
- You can “double down”, which means youll double your original bet, but can then only receive one more card.
- If your original two cards are of the same value – for example, you have two 8s then you can “split”. This means youll divide them into two separate hands, and will have to equal your original bet.
- Should the dealers upturned card be an Ace, you may wish to make an Insurance Bet. With this option, if the dealer has a natural blackjack or 21, then you will win.
- Once all players are “standing”, the dealer will turn over his down-facing card and play his hand. If his cards amount to less than 16, he must hit. Over 21, and he is bust.
- Normally, you win when your hand is higher than the dealers, and youll receive 1 to 1 odds. However, if you manage to get 21 or blackjack, then your odds will be 3 to 2.
Well, now you know how to play blackjack! Isnt it time you put in a bit of practise? Good luck!
Online Bingo Behaviour
Bingo is not like many of the games that are played online and all of the different online bingo halls have a strong sense of community. The chat boxes are often full of people behaving and chatting away to each other and there is no animosity between players. Everyone seems to pretty much get a long and this is helped by the fact that most chat rooms have a chat moderator in them who will quickly deal with someone who is ruining the fun for everyone else.
So its important when you play that you fit in and don’t cause problems or do something that might not be seen as acceptable. Swearing is often a big no no when it comes to the bingo chat boxes. If you narrowly miss out on a win then you are more likely to find people being philosophical about it and congratulating the actual winner than swearing their head off in the chat box and moaning about not being the winner. Its important that you can be a good loser as well as a good winner.
Being a good loser means that when someone else wins you should congratulate them and be happy for their success. People will often type things like WP which means well played or WD which means well done in the chat if someone they know has taken down the jackpot. Thats fine and people will be pleased for you if you are pleased for them when they win. Remember that and you should have no problems making a few friends pretty quickly. When you lose as mentioned before don’t swear and try your very best not to be bitter about it!
Often being a good winner is just as important as being a good loser. No one likes a show off and especially not when there is money involved. If you do happen to get lucky and win the game then do so with grace and dignity. Try not to celebrate to much in the chat box and makes others jealous and at the same time make sure you are taking note of peoples congratulations for you and say thank you. Playing in this manner helps build a really friendly atmosphere between players and is also a pretty good ice breaker.
If your not up to date with you bingo lingo then you should take a little while to do some research and find out what each thing means. There are long lists freely available on various bingo websites so you can take a look at one of these and it might not be a bad idea to print it out so that you can refer back to it when playing if someone types something you are not familiar with. Don’t worry after a while you will get used to it and will more than likely start to use some of the terms yourself, just stick with it for a while and it will come. If you follow all the instructions above then you should have no problem what so ever getting along with everyone in the bingo chat box.