Is Blackjack A Skill Or Luck?

The element of skill that comes to play in the game of blackjack is when players decide when to hit and stand the cards that are displayed in front of them. For example, if a card that appears as 17. Many players would choose to stand this card in hopes that the dealer would have to hit his hand and then go bust in the process of it. However, sometimes even with a hand that has seventeen points, one would still choose to hit the card themselves in order to improve their odds of beating the dealer. This is usually the case when the dealer has a card face up and the player decides to take the bait and hits his hand for a higher bet.

There are of course other elements of skill that are involved in this game. For example, this is where if one gets a hand that is pocketed. When we mention pocketed, this means that the cards received are two similar value cards. The player can choose to split the card and have another bet placed on the table for a higher chance of winning a double or nothing pot. This is if the player is experienced enough, then they will be able to deduce easily on what to do at this point in time with pocketed numbers.

This is where the element of skill and strategy comes into play for the game of blackjack. For a beginner, who has never played this game before. They may face difficulty in predicting what would be the best outcome or action to take and therefore just choose to hit or stand the card. However, an experience player with elements of skill and strategy within the game will be able to decipher what are the necessary steps that are needed to take in order to make the hand work in his favor.

The element of luck that comes with this game involves the first two cards that are being dealt by the dealer to the player. This is where the true element of luck comes to light as no player has the ability to predict what random card will be dealt by the dealer to the player. They would just have to make do with what they have been dealt. This is how the phrase “Dealt this hand” came to be as it means you have to make do with what you have. From here, players have to choose to either stand or hit their hand which then transitions to the element of skill in the game. We would say that these two cards are the only element in blackjack that can be described as the element of luck being in place aside from the minor luck involved in hitting your hand and drawing a card. The remaining factors involved are largely down to skill.

So, all in all, we would say that Blackjack is definitely part and parcel of luck and skill. The portion of skill is more predominantly shown in the game where the strategy and calculation that one needs to do in order to decide whether to stand or hit is quite huge. Thus, if we were to place a number on it and determine which element has a higher part in the game. It would be 65% skill and 35% luck. The reason being skill is edged out a bit is because of the different permutation and combinations that can go through in order to figure out how to make the best of a bad hand or great hand.