Your Blackjack Odds: Wanna Boost?

Unlike most other games played at either online casinos or traditional land-based venues, blackjack is recognized by gambling experts as a game requiring a substantial amount of skill in order for a player to beat the dealer - or "House" - and win. Sure, luck will always play a major part in determining whether a player wins or loses, but there's a whole lot more to winning at blackjack than meets the eye.

By developing a clear understanding of the game of blackjack, players can immediately boost their odds of winning more money more often. Of the more important aspects of the game, what players want (and need) to know most are their chances of drawing certain card values in any given situation.

So to help you seriously improve your blackjack game , we've prepared the following probability table. By doing your best to memorize the table you're sure to gain a much better understanding of the odds required to beat the dealer(s) when faced with a number of scenarios.

Your memorization of the following numbers will allow you to make the wisest decisions, given that one's familiarity with the percentages is tremendously advantageous when playing to win. The table represents a basic outline of the likelihood of busting (going over 21) whenever you hit, including a better grasp of the odds one faces when hitting on a high teen (17 or more).

Hand Value	Chances of busting
21	100%
20	92%
19	85%
18	77%
17	69%
16	62%
15	58%
14	56%
13	39%
12	31%
11 or less	0%

 

 

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