Online casino games may not be as easy as we think

A recurring theme on these pages is the need for new online casino customers to understand the online casino game they going to play. Obviously, many casino games are purely a matter of luck, and no amount of experience or thought is going to improve your chances of winning, but even some of the apparently simple casino games can require a bit of thought if you are to maximise your return. The casino game of Blackjack is a typical example because most of us have played Pontoon at some time in our childhood, and we therefore think that playing Blackjack at an online casino is also easy. The rules of this casino game are of course very easy, but have you stopped to think what are the odds of any particular card being drawn. Do you always stay on 16, knowing that the dealer has to draw a card on 16. Are you aware that there is a 40% chance that the dealer will not bust on 16, and nor would you. What about the most likely two card hand to be dealt. Most people who have played blackjack regularly will tell you quite rightly that 20 is the most likely total of two cards, because there are eleven combinations of cards which would add up to 20, so if the dealer is already showing a 10 bear this in mind when playing your hand. Then of course we can look at the next most likely total of two cards, and with eight combinations this would be 12,13 or 14, all of which do not provide the blackjack gambler with an easy choice. Even more difficult are 15 and 16, which with seven possible combinations of cards would be the next most likely total of two cards. When we look more closely at the odds of particular combinations of cards occurring in the casino game of Blackjack, perhaps it is not as easy as we first thought. Playing casino games online is great fun, but if you’re not sure about the odds keep the stakes low until you know the game better.