Playing decisions

After the placement of a bet and the receipt of his first two cards a player must reaches the point where he must draw on his skill and judgement.

The difference between success and failure depends largely on what choices the player makes at this point.

After comparing the value of the dealers up card in relation to their own the player must decide whether to take “insurance” if offered, “surrender” if offered, “split”, “double”, “hit” (and potentially becoming “bust” as a result) or “stand”.

These choices must be made in the above order for every hand the player receives. These are explained further on the next pages.