Soft Hands and Hard Hands in Blackjack

In blackjack game, all hands dealt can be categorized as soft or hard hand. Singapore Online Casino players should know how to differentiate both hands in order to play them correctly. It is a must knowledge to become an experience and skilled players. No matter what kind of cards that players get, they should know both hands have their own place in basic blackjack strategy.

First of all, hard blackjack hands is the total of any 2 cards less than 16 but more than 12. It is considered very hard to play because the hand is too easily to be busted with one hit. Singapore Online Casino players should understand whenever they hit the hands, is there a chance they will exceed 21 and bust. Therefore, the basic strategy to play such hand is depends on dealer’s card value. 

If dealer’s face up card is 10 and players can assume he will get 20. Hence, players need to hit their hard hands until they can beat against dealer or reach 17 in total. On the other hand, when dealer shows 5 as his face up card, players can choose to stand and hope that dealer to bust. What if casino allows players to surrender and dealer’s card is 10, they should surrender instead of hitting.

Another blackjack hand is called soft hand which is known as an Ace is out of any two cards. When players receive these cards, they only can improve the hand and it is impossible to be busted. In most situation of getting soft hands, players will double their bet to maximize the profit as it offer the best opportunities for blackjack profit. The reason players double down is to get more money and dealer’s chance of busting is relative high. So, if dealer’s face up card is 5 or 6 and Singapore Online Casino player gets 13 until 18, it is time to double down.