Practice Blackjack Online: Learn the Moves for Free

What can you practice here?

• Hit or stand. Learn where to stop against each dealer card.
• Doubling and splitting. Try them with no extra stake taken in the demo.
• Basic strategy. The hint shows the best move for your cards and the dealer's up card, so you learn the right play by seeing it.

How to practice blackjack, step by step

1. Press Play the demo and deal the first hand.
2. Read your two cards and the dealer's up card.
3. Hit, stand, double or split. The hint names the best move for the hand you hold.
4. Compare your move with the hint after each hand, and spot where you differ.
5. Play the ten hands, then start again to keep practicing.

Which table rules does it use?

• Six decks, shuffled fresh for every hand.
• Blackjack pays 3 to 2.
• The dealer hits on a soft 17.
• Double on a hard 9, 10 or 11 only, and no double after a split.
• You can split once, and split aces get one card each.
• No insurance and no surrender.

New to the game? Blackjack rules explains the cards, the deal and the dealer's rules, and the basic strategy chart shows the whole table of moves. The blackjack guide covers this table in full.

Does the practice table pay out?

No. The demo uses no real money and pays nothing out. It is for learning the moves.

Where can you play blackjack in Gift Club?

Blackjack is coming to the Gift Club app, and this demo is the same table. Until then, Gift Club has other games you can play as a Spark round, with free Sparks every 4 hours.

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