Blackjack: is achieved whenever either the player or the dealer has cards in their hand that consist of an Ace and a card valued at 10 (therefore, the winning combination for blackjack is a royal suite card and an Ace, or an Ace and a 10).
Bust: occurs whenever the total value of the hand of either dealer or player happens to excess 21 in value.
Face card: is the term used to refer to any royal card (King, Queen, Jack)
Hard hand: Aces can be valued as either a one or an eleven dependent upon the current value of the hand of the person who owns it. If counting the Ace as an eleven would make the hand go bust then this is called a hard hand (and the Ace is valued as a one).
Hit/draw: the acquisition of additional cards to bolster the current value of the hand owned by the player.
Hole card: the face down card currently held by the dealer and which will be turned over.
Insurance: an additional wager that a player can make. Specifically insurance is the wager that the dealer has blackjack.
push: a draw.
Soft hand: Where the hand of either the dealer or the player also happens to include an ace that can be classed as a one.
Split: to divide a pair of cards to form two hands
Stand: where either the player or dealer declines to take out any additional cards to add to their current hand.
Stiff hand: Is the term used to refer to card hands that are between 12 and 16 in value.
Surrender: Only players can make exercise this particular option and doing so will mean that the player will automatically lose half of their initial wager.
If you want to win in the game of blackjack then the best way to achieve this is to have a higher hand value than the dealer (dealers will be required to stand at 17). If you are fortunate enough to win with a Blackjack combo then not only do you receive an automatic victory but furthermore, you receive a higher payout than normal.
What about instances where both dealer and player have blackjack at the same time? In such a situation, the player will lose the bonus. As alluded to earlier within the article, Aces can be valued as either a 1 or an 11 dependent upon the remainder of the hand.
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