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European Blackjack Strategy Card

By SharpGambler on Wed, 19 July 2006 15:22:16 +00:00 (3061 Reads)

If you are a lover of blackjack, this article is of interest for you. Read how to maximize your winnings when playing European Blackjack. See our european blackjack strategy card published on this article.

Blackjack is one of the most well-known and most played casino games. There are many books, articles, and even academic research about the game, everytime trying to understand all the math behind it to develop an effective strategy to beat the house. We will not develop here a complicated strategy of card counting because it cannot be applied on an online casino. This is because shuffling of cards occurs at every play, or at least in a way that, it is very hard to develop a strategy based on that. However, we can at least develop a strategy to maximize our winning chances, by reducing the house edge to the absolute minimum. This time we will dedicate our efforts on European Blackjack.

Let us first remember the rules for this kind of blackjack.

European Blackjack Rules

Progressive: no
Multi-hand: no
Decks: 2
Hole Card: no
Surrender: no
Double: 9/10/11
Split: yes
Resplit: no
Split Aces: can draw
After Split: no double
Dealer Stand: all 17
Blackjack: 3 to 2

The basic idea behind an optimal strategy is to study every start hand and to see all the possibilities available to the player. After evaluating them we want to play in a way that our probability of win is maximized. I will not present here the math behind that. The main goal is only to give you some insight on how it works and to give you a final picture of what is the best strategy you must follow when playing european blackjack at an online casino. So, given the rules of european blackjack, the best strategy is given on the strategy card presented bellow.