Blackjack - Learn About Aussie Blackjack

Undoubtedly the Australian audience is very familiar with the game of blackjack, which is arguably the most popular of all the table games. If offers an ideal confrontation between the player and the house, and can reward skill up to a certain point as it is played in the online casino atmosphere.

Blackjack is a table game in which the player and the dealer (the House) basically square off to see who can come closest to the total of 21, or at least stay under it while the other party goes over it. The procedure is that both sides get two cards, after which a decision is made by the player as to what to do with the two-card hand. As for the House, the actions are dictated not by judgment but by stringent rules that are already laid out. In most cases, the House must hit on every hand including 16 and stand on everything that is 17 or higher.

There are indeed various options that are available; these include pair splitting, in which the player is dealt two cards of equal value and divides them up in order to create two hands out of it; doubling down, in which the player's initial two-card hand is deemed good enough so that the bet on the hand is doubled, with one additional card received; and surrender, an option that is offered at some casino that cater to Australian business, in which the player can make the decision to essentially thrown in his or her hand in exchange for the player's privilege of saving half the bet.

Obviously the game is more involved than that, and suffice it to say that there are variations of the game that can be found in many online casinos. These include games like Double Exposure Blackjack, where the player can actually see both of the House's cards. Online casino software companies like Microgaming have developed many different variations of blackjack, and they also have many options in these games that can make it easier for the beginning player.

Of course, the best friend for the beginning player is to learn a proper strategy to employ. You see, the presence of the random number generator (RNG) makes it impossible to employ the practice of counting cards, which can afford the very skilled player a long-run advantage in the game, but it is possible to play with a "Basic Strategy," which is a set of pre-arranged plays that represent the best way to go in any Player vs. House situation. This can serve to make blackjack online a rather pleasurable experience.