fooballs hand

There are three different things you can do with a soft hand: stand, hit and, believe it or not, double down. This is what confuses most players, because sometimes the right play is to hit, other times its best to double down, rarely should you stand, and the strategy can change if your soft hand contains three or more cards or if the casino rules prohibit soft doubling. But not to worry. Even if you don’t have a clue what a soft hand is, by the time you finishing reading this, I’ll have you playing these hands perfectly every time.

The blackjack table seats about 6 players. Either six or eight decks of cards are used and are shuffled together by the dealer and placed in a card dispensing box called 'Shoe'.
Before receiving any cards players must place a wager. Then the players are dealt two cards face up. The dealer gets one face up, one face down. Each player in turn either stays or takes more cards to try and get closer to 21 without busting. Players who do not bust wait for the dealer's turn. When all the players are done, the dealer turns up the down card. By rule, on counts of 17 or higher the dealer must stay; on counts of 16 or lower the dealer must draw.