The goal for the player within the game of online casino blackjack or 21 (twenty one), as it is sometimes called, is to beat the dealer. You will find 2 ways to accomplish this. The first is when the player has an increased total than the dealer without going over 21. Your second is when the dealer's total exceeds 21 as the player is still alive or has not exceeded 21. When playing online casino blackjack, if both the player and the dealer have 21 or the same total less than 21, the hand is called a 'push' and nobody wins.

In the game of professional online casino casino blackjack, cards are counted at face value. In other words the 2 or deuce is worth 2 points, the 3 will be worth 3 points and so on. The face cards, Jack, Queen, King are generally counted as 10 points while the Ace may be counted as 1 or eleven, which ever benefits the players point total the most. Its the players choice as to how he wants to count the Ace. When the Ace is counted as 11 points the hand is called 'soft'. For instance, Ace, 7 is called a soft 18. All the other totals, including hands where the Ace is counted as 1, are thought about 'hard', as in 10,6,Ace equals a hard 17. The dealer must count his Ace as 11 if his hand total falls between 17 and 21. Otherwise he must count the Ace as 1 point. In some casinos, the guidelines specify that the dealer must draw on soft 17. In these casinos the dealer's Ace will count as 1 point when combined with cards totalling 6 points, and the dealer shall have to draw until he has a hand total of at least hard 17.

First of all, 2 cards are dealt to each player. If drawing additional cards by a particular player, results in a point total exceeding 21, then the hand is busted. Busted hands are turned up immediately as a breaking hand is considered 'lost'. Even when the dealer busts, all remaining players would beat the dealer and automatically win their bets.

When a player is dealt their original 2 cards and the hand includes an Ace and any 10 or face card such as a queen, jack or king, the hand is called 'blackjack' and is an automatic winner for that player and they are paid their bet at a 3 to 2 ratio. If the dealer gets blackjack, all players lose their bets. The dealer wins only the players bet, not the 3 to 2 payoff the player receives for the blackjack. Should the dealer and the player both have blackjack, the hand becomes a 'push'. Blackjacks should be turned up immediately.

Any time a player wins the hand they can be paid off at even money. Put simply if you were to bet $10 and you win the hand, the dealer or house would pay you $10. However, if the player has blackjack, which is a 3 to 2 payoff, you would then be paid $15. If a player chooses to double their bet the payoff could be equal to the new doubled bet. Inside this case, in the event the bet was doubled from $10 to $20, the win could be $20. Winning is simply the beginning of the excitement in online casino blackjack.