Blackjack 101

Some players call the game blackjack and some call it twenty-one. No matter what you call it, the object of the game was best described in the title of Edward O Thorp's 1963 best selling book that started the blackjack revolution. The title of the book and the objective of the game is Beat the Dealer! Blackjack remains the most popular casino table game. A player using basic strategy can reduce the house edge to less than one percent. Here is how to play the game.