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From Bill Burton, for About.com

Quick Blackjack Course

Thursday October 19, 2006
My friend's son was going to the casino for the first time. He wanted to play a table game and asked me which game offered him the best chance of winning. I told him he should play Blackjack since the game had the lowest house edge but he would need to play using Blackjack basic strategy.

I told him that I had a series of "How To" guides that would show him what he would need to know to play Blackjack for the first time.

All Blackjack hands fall into three categories; Hard hands, Soft hands or Pairs. Knowing how to play the hands will lower the house edge. But before you head to the casino you need to how to join in a game and buy chips. Here are a series of "How to Guides" to get you started.

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