Blackjack lessons

The lessons in this track

1. 3.1Card values, soft and hard handsThe first thing a table asks you to know: what your cards add up to, and whether the ace among them can still be eleven.About 16 minutes
2. 3.2How a round goes, province by provinceBet, deal, your turn, the dealer’s turn, settlement — at a Córdoba table, and the lines where two other rulebooks deal the round differently.About 14 minutes
3. 3.3Hit, stand, double, split, declare the aceThe moves a blackjack table offers you at Córdoba tables, what each one buys, and when the table stops letting you make it — with the two other rulebooks of the country beside them.About 15 minutes
4. 3.5Why you act first, and what it costsWhere the house edge in blackjack comes from, priced hand by hand for the rules published for Córdoba casinos.About 18 minutes
5. 3.6When to hit or stand on a hard totalThe decision you face on most blackjack hands, worked out for the rules published by Lotería de Córdoba for Córdoba casinos.About 18 minutes
6. 3.7Doubling down: a second bet on one cardA second bet that buys exactly one card: the one total these rules let you double, when the chart asks for it, and what each call costs.About 13 minutes
7. 3.8Soft hands and the ace declared 1 or 11The hands where an ace counts as 11, at Córdoba tables where an ace among your first two cards is declared 1 or 11 for the rest of the hand.About 15 minutes
8. 3.9Pairs: when to splitSplitting a pair puts a second bet of the same size on the felt, so every pair is a question about money — answered here for the rules Lotería de Córdoba publishes for Córdoba casinos.About 15 minutes
9. 3.10The whole chart and your printed cardThree tables on one page, and your own two cards decide which of them you read. The whole chart, the movement of the eye that finds one cell, and a card to print.About 19 minutes
10. 3.11One game, three rulebooksThe same blackjack as the Córdoba, PBA and Entre Rios rulebooks deal it: where the small print parts, and what each difference does to the house’s share.About 20 minutes
11. 3.12Seguro: a side bet, or insuranceOne word, two bets: the seguro as the Córdoba and Entre Rios rulebooks offer it, a bet on your own second card, and as the PBA rulebook offers it, insurance against the dealer’s blackjack.About 12 minutes
12. 3.17Third base, hot tables and the table's moodThe seat at the end of the table, the table that is said to be running hot, and what a neighbour’s decision can and cannot do to your hand.About 14 minutes

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