Blackjack is extremely simple and popular card game. Moreover it is the most widely played casino game of all times. The predecessor of this game was invented in XVII century somewhere in Spain. In the very beginning the game was known as twenty one. The basic principle of the twenty one was described in a few books of Spanish novelists. Later twenty one spread to France and the USA. In America casinos understood that this game can be extremely profitable. Casinos started to offer special bonus payouts and interest in 21 was quite high. One of the typical bonus was related to ace of spades and black jack which could be either the jack or spades or clubs. Such hand was named a “Blackjack”. Later casinos started to call the game “Blackjack” as it is known nowadays. At the same time people sometimes call blackjack twenty one but this title is not popular anymore. In the modern times term blackjack is used to call any hand of ace plus ten or any face card (J-K) regardless of its suit.

For several centuries blackjack remains one of the most popular card games. Blackjack is the perfect game to play with friends or in a casino. You can play blackjack just for fun. But actually it is not just about luck. There are numerous strategies that can be used in blackjack playing. Seriousness of the game is proved by the Blackjack Hall of Fame. This Hall of Fame was founded in 2002. Every year best blackjack players are invited to enter the Hall of Fame. By the way one of the members of this organization Edward O. Thorp wrote an extremely popular book “Beat the Dealer”. In this book he proved that it is possible to win playing blackjack using basic strategy and card counting simple rules. It means that blackjack can be extremely profitable for a player; you just need to know how to play blackjack and win.