When to Stand In Blackjack

Blackjack rules may be vary from casino to casino but most of them are fundamental enough that do not differ too much. However, players may become confused because of different terms. The decision to hit or to stand on a player’s hand is the most important because it is the basic skills of successful blackjack. Therefore, a question often asked by Malaysia Online Betting players is when they should stand.

The answer is very obvious why players choose to stand instead of hit. It is because players are very satisfied and confident to stick with the total of two cards against whatever the dealer comes up with and reject to any more cards being dealt to them. Players stand in blackjack when the hand has a high probability of winning or high probability of a bust by requesting one more card. In Malaysia Online Betting, players just have to click the button labelled as ‘stand’. Once players have decided to stand on their hand, they cannot act further decision. Further, house edge of a blackjack starts about 5.5%. When players choose to stand, the odds can be increased by 3%.

There are two reasons why players for standing on their hand. The first reason has been discussed previously which is players believe their hand is powerful enough to beat dealer’s total. Another reason is players believe the dealer will bust. As a Malaysia Online Betting player, you should always remember that blackjack is one kind of mathematical game. One of the basic rules of blackjack dictate specific dealer’s action like dealer must hit on 16 or less and stand on 17 or more. Players’ decision to stand or not is depends on dealer’s face up card. When dealer has 6 or less and players hold 13 to 16 then players should stand.