Blackjack is a game that is often also known as 21 – mainly because the aim of the game is to get a two card hand that totals 21 (Blackjack) or as close to 21 as you can get with a greater number of cards without going over (bust). To win, you must also beat the dealer’s hand.

Blackjack has a long history, but also had many predecessors over the years, one of which is the Spanish game of ventiuno. There’s an early reference to this game in a story by Miguel de Cervantes, who was a gambler himself. He’s better known for being the author of Don Quixote. In his tale that features ventiuna, the two main characters are excellent cheats at ventiuna, and the story states that the aim of the game is to reach 21 without going higher, although in that version the game is played with a deck that has no eights, nines or tens.

Today, there are many varieties of blackjack that you can play online. People who might never have played card games or have gone to a land-based casino can play this and many other casino classics at home. The choice of 32Red online casino games is really wide, including Vegas Strip Blackjack, Atlantic City Blackjack Gold, Bonus Blackjack and Multihand Double Exposure Blackjack Gold Online.

If you’ve never played blackjack before, it’s a good idea to play in practice mode for a few times, so you can get the hang of when to stand, when to hit, when to double down or split. All these terms will sound like a foreign language to begin with, but once you’ve played a few rounds you’ll begin to get to grips with it all. When you’re first learning the game, it’s great to do all this without having to put any real money down.

There’s a high element of chance in blackjack – in that you don’t know what cards are coming next. Even if you were an expert card counter, this won’t help you playing online blackjack. However, there are plenty of different strategies that you can employ when playing blackjack to improve your chances of winning.

You’ll find blackjack strategy guides on the internet, to help you learn when or when not to split or double down, for example. You can also watch blackjack tutorials, which sometimes makes the theory easier to absorb when you’ve got a live example in front of you.

Although blackjack is a single player game as a rule, most sites offer blackjack tournaments, where you can measure your performance against other players on the site. This adds a different dimension to the game playing experience and that competitive element is something that some players really enjoy.