A player can use this basic online blackjack strategy when his starting hand consists of pairs. Placing an equivalent bet next to your initial bet indicates to the dealer that you are splitting your pairs. When you split pairs you create an additional hand and the dealer issues cards for each hand.

A split bet is a good bet to make if a player has paired middle cards (sixes, sevens, eights), a bad bet if he has paired high cards (nines, tens) and a very smart bet with aces.

Double Down: For an additional bet, a player can take only one additional card.  

Double down bets are best when the player’s starting hand totals ten or eleven and the dealer is showing a weak up card (four, five or six).

Surrender: This option allows the player to lose only half their original bet before seeing the dealer’s down card.

Surrender is a way to “stop the bleeding” if the player’s weak hand runs into a dealer’s strong up card.

Insurance: If the dealer’s up card is an ace, the dealer will offer the chance to make an “insurance” bet of an amount up to half the original bet. The player wins the insurance bet only if the dealer’s starting hand is a “natural”.

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