Monday, October 24, 2005

Part 1 - Split Blackjack Cards

This week I am going to discuss splitting blackjack cards and get back into blackjack strategy that you can use when playing. This is the first in a series of posts this week about splitting cards when playing blackjack. I am going to cover, what splitting cards is (definition), the strategy behind splitting cards, and why you would want to split your cards.

Part 1 - What is Splitting Cards?

Before I get into when to split blackjack cards and when not split, I first need to let you know what splitting cards is. Below is a technical definition for you.

Splitting your cards in blackjack refers to the action of creating 2 new hands when you are dealt 2 cards of identical value. You can physically split these 2 cards into 2 new blackjack hands and each of the cards will be the first card in the new hands. Thus, you will be playing 2 hands of blackjack at the same time. However to split your cards, you will need to place an additional wager for the new hand in order to be playing 2 hands at the same time.

Come back later this week when I dive into the strategy of when to split cards and when not to split. There are some fairly straight forward rules, so stay tuned for more info on split blackjack cards.


That’s it for now,


BJ