The blog seems like it may be about something else, but I can assure you that it is only about your hand in a blackjack game.
I’m writing about this because I have gotten many questions about it, and although it seems like something obvious and easy, many players are still in the dark about it.
It is always mandatory to differentiate between hard and soft cards when playing blackjack online or in an actual casino.
A soft total has an ace as 11, and cannot be busted with a one card draw. For instance: if you are dealt an ace and a 7 that is a soft 18. If you draw a paint card, you do not bust the hand, you can then play the ace as a one. So your soft then becomes a hard 18, easy enough right?
Therefore, a hard total would not involve an ace, or has an ace being played as a one instead of an 11.
The dealer is required to hit anything under a soft 17. Also an ace in the dealers hand is always counted an 11. So they have to hit if they have a soft hand under 17, meaning an ace with a 2, 3, 4 or 5.
There a million different rules and guidelines for playing hard and soft combinations, that is going to take a whole new blog.
But there is also the stiff hand, which you want to avoid at all costs. A stiff hand is a hard hand value of 12 to 16. This hand is almost impossible to win with because it is too low to beat the dealer and too high to hit again.
Now go use all of your knowledge at some of the best online casino sites!