Blackjack- Insurance and Busts

-Insurance-

An insurance bet is when a player makes a wager equal to half of his original bet that the dealer has a natural (21). You would do this if the first card drawn by the online dealer is an ace. This is popular amounst players but not experts. The reason most expert players don't make insurance bets is because there's a 35 to 16 chance against collecting on an insurance bet. Only advanced players would know but anyone can figure it out. Take one deck of cards and make two piles. In the first pile put all the non-ten value cards. In the second pile put all the ten-value cards. You will see that there 35 cards in the first pile and sixteen in the second pile. If any card from the first pile is drawn by the online dealer the insurance bet would lose. If any cards from the second pile are drawn the insurance bet would win. The odds are obviously against the insurance bet which is why expert players always avoid it.

 

-Busts-

It is possible for a player to lose automatically. This happens whenever you go over 21. This is called busting or breaking. Whenever it happens a player should show his hand right away so that the online dealer can collect his bet and move on. A busted hand is an automatic lose cause even if the dealer goes over 21 you stil lose your wager. If a dealer and player tie with 22 or over the online dealer still wins and tyhe player still loses. When the online dealer busts he only loses to the player with a hand of 21 or under.

 

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