Blackjack Development
Posted in Blackjack on 04/10/2008 08:59 pm by Dominique
Blackjack is one of the more popular games participated in, in betting houses. Black jack is also known as 21 or Chemin de Fer. The game is a mix of chance and skills combined with choices. The game has evolved over a period of time. Players have specialized in specific skills like "card card counting," with which they shift the odds of the game in the players favor. The game has been around since the 1700s. References can be located in historical scriptures to a card game referred to as "vingt-et-un," which in French means 21, and is considered the ancestor to blackjack.
The game was at first not very popular in the united states of america. This caused the casinos trying various things like offering a reward in case of a ten to one pay out, if the black jack player had a "black" jack and an ace of spades. The jack could be either clubs or spades. After the game got well-liked, the bonus payout quickly vanished from the game.
Any hand which reaches a total of twenty-one is deemed a winner. The total should not be in excess of twenty one, if it does the hand is said to be "bust." The target of any player is to best the casino. If both the player and the casino have the same hand value, it’s called "push" (a tie), with not either the player or the croupier winning the hand.