Blackjack is still a great online casino game

There is no doubt that the advent of online casinos has provided us with an ever increasing choice of casino games to play, but here at onlinecasino.ie we still think that the more traditional casino games such as roulette and blackjack have an important role to play in online casino gambling. Many of us of course remember when we had very little choice of casino games when playing at a real casino, but it has to be said that we did enjoy playing the games that were available. Roulette of course is still one of the casino games which offers the best odds of winning even though it relies purely on luck, whereas blackjack needs a little more thought. The casino game of blackjack is based on pontoon, also called 21 in some parts of the world, and this may explain the biggest mistake made by some blackjack players. The object of blackjack is not to get a hand of 20 or 21, it is simply to beat the dealer’s hand. We have to remember that the dealer is just as likely to bust as we are, in fact more likely statistically because the dealer must draw a card on 16 whereas we can choose to stay. This is the only advantage a blackjack player has over the house, whether playing at an online casino or a real casino and it is important not to waste it by being over ambitious every time. Remember there is a 60% chance of drawing a card that will bust a hand of 16. Some people simply can’t be bothered to consider the odds when playing blackjack, but successful blackjack enthusiasts will invariably stress their importance as part of their blackjack strategy. From our point of view we would only point out that the chances of improving a hand on 12 is 70%, and this reduces incrementally to 40% on 16 so at least be aware of the odds when you make your call.