Online Blackjack Basics: Card Value and Hands

If you want to learn how to play blackjack then there's no better place to start than learning how each card is valued in blackjack. The card valuing system used in casino and online blackjack games is strict and there is no way to misuse it. At online casinos you are automatically informed of your hands' value but there's no good in not knowing how these are valued since some online casinos may trick you easily.

By learning the cards' value you can be rest assure that you'll be able to calculate hands easily and quickly without any problem. Notice that in some online casinos there isn't even an automatic notification of your hands' value so you should memorize the following information:

All face cards – Jack, Queens, Kings – along with the Tens are values as Ten Points.

Other cards except Aces are valued according to their marks – all Eights worth Eight Points and so on.

An Ace can be counted as One Point or as Eleven Points and it's up to the player to decide what its value will be.

That's all, it's that simple to calculate a hand's value in blackjack games, you should log into a free online casino and give it a couple of trials to see if you've mastered the material correctly.