How to play online Blackjack
How would you like to play one of the most sophisticated card games in typical casino fashion from the comfort of your own home? Playing Blackjack online at Piggs Peak, will help you do just that, with a few added incentives!
Precise simulation means that the game preserves all the elements that you’d expect from playing blackjack live, with the added convenience of operating everything at the simple click of a mouse. Enhanced with top of the range technology supplied by MicroGaming’s Software… You can expect an uncanny recreation of the look and sound of an actual Blackjack table.
One of the biggest advantages you’ll enjoy is having no competition beating you to the prize. Playing against the dealer only will help you boost your odds. In addition, the table is manned flawlessly by our virtual dealer that operates without tips.
The best way to learn how to play blackjack online, is to start playing Blackjack online. You simply have to click to download your free casino software of choice and let the fun begin. The objective of all Blackjack games is simply to create a hand that is stronger than the dealer’s hand without exceeding the value of 21, with the cards that you are dealt. This is how you will go about to do that:
- Choose one of the Blackjack table games from our available selection. There are single hand blackjack games and multi-hand blackjack games. When you are new to the game, it is advisable to first play single hand variants, until you have refined your blackjack strategy to such an extent that you can switch over to multiple hands with more fast paced action
- You can then click on increase or decrease according to the amount you would like to bet
- If you opt to try your hand at a single hand version, you will click on deal and you will be dealt two cards from a standard deck of 52 cards which is shuffled before each new game, while the Dealer receives one card, face up. You then have to add the value of the cards, in an attempt to beat the Dealer’s hand, by making up a total value of 21, which means Blackjack, or closest to that. The values of numbered cards are the same as their face value, i.e. the value of 2 remains two. The value of picture cards such as J, Q, K are 10 and an Ace could be one or 11.
- Once you have determined the value of your cards, you can exercise one of several choices, bearing in mind the following: If you already have 21 or Blackjack, or if you think your hand is close enough to 21 already, you will want to choose “stand,” meaning that you do not want to be dealt any more cards. Should the value of your cards be 12 for example, you would want to have another card in an attempt to still get as close as possible to Blackjack. So in such a case, you will click on “hit” so that the dealer can deal you one more card. Or depending on your scenario, you can click to exercise any one of following options:
- “Split:” This means your hand will be divided into two separate hands and that a new card can be dealt for each hand, so that you can make up two full, new hands
- “Double Down:” This means you place a side bet on the table that is equal to your original bet. You are dealt one more card and your hand will automatically stand. This will for example be done when you think that you have an excellent chance to beat the Dealer’s hand
- “Take Insurance:” This means you take an insurance bet, equal to half of your original bet, to minimise your risk of losing all your money, when you suspect the Dealer has a superior hand. You will normally do this when one of the Dealer’s cards are revealed and it shows an Ace or a picture card with the value of 10
- Once you have decided what to do, the Dealer will be dealt one more card, and your hands will be compared. The superior hand wins, or you could be in a tie and payouts will occur according to the structures laid out on the pay tables.
There are some variables to these basic Blackjack rules, but when playing Blackjack online at Piggs Peak, all the rules of the game are conveniently available right there on your computer screen, so you can easily refer back to them at any time while you play. So join the crowds of people who love one of the most elegant card games and click here to start playing online Blackjack now.