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The beauty of playing blackjack does not only lay on the fact that card counting can beat it legally. It also observes house rules, which, if used accordingly, can yield utmost advantage to the player. Splitting and resplitting are one of the rules that increase one’s winning possibilities. There are also the so-called hard and soft hands.
At a glance, these are ordinary blackjack hands. Yet, if you look closely, these options show you how flexible blackjack is.
The Ace
Hard and soft hands depend on the value of blackjack’s most flexible card, the Ace. In many casino games, the Ace is simply valued at one (1). But in blackjack, this can take a value of one (1) or eleven (11).
The hard hand
When you refer to a hard hand in blackjack, this means that the Ace can only take a value of one (1). Let’s say you get a five (5) and an Ace. You then decide to take a hit. Unfortunately, the third card you get is nine (9). In this case, one is the only value that the Ace gets. If you try to go for the 11, you will get a bust and lose.
The soft hand
The soft hand is of the exact opposite of the former. Here, your Ace can take a value of 11 or 1. Going back to the previous example, let’s say that instead of a 9, you get another 5. If you choose to give your Ace a value of 1, the total value of your hand is 11. However, if you valued your Ace at 11, you get a twenty-one (21).
Indeed, the presence of hard and soft hands just made blackjack even more fun and exciting. However, in order for you to get the best out of them, you must also know the strategic way of using these hands when playing in both land-based and online casinos.
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