Blackjack is a popular casino game that is typically played with two cards, but there are variants that use three or more cards. In a two-card blackjack game, the player tries to get as close to 21 as possible by guessing the number of cards in the dealer’s hand.
There are 21 cards in a standard deck of 52 cards, so if the player guesses correctly about half the time, they are likely to win.
If the player guesses incorrectly, they may lose either all their bets or only some of their bets depending on the rules of play. In a three-card blackjack game, for example, if the player guesses that the dealer has a two and an eight card hand, they would win with a two-card hand (a ten and an ace), but lose with an eight-card hand (a three and a seven).
So, in three-card blackjack, there are also 21 possible hands, each with different odds of winning.
There are 48 cards in a standard deck of playing cards, so in any standard blackjack game there are at least four different hands (two with two cards and two with three cards) that can be played. So, in total there are 202 different hands that can be played in blackjack.
