Doubling Down Strategy Options in Blackjack

Doubling down is a useful tool in blackjack in order to gain more profit. Doubling down is make if you strongly think that you have a good chance of beating the blackjack dealer with one more additional card only. Many blackjack players are often confused on when is the right time to do doubling down and when not to do it.

There are some blackjack players who just rely on their instinctive feeling with regards to doubling down and other blackjack players prefer to base their doubling down moves on odds and mathematics. You are more guaranteed of wins in the long run if you rely on mathematics and odds for your doubling down strategy rather than on your own instinctive feelings.

These are the following choices for your doubling down strategy based on mathematics and odds:

1. Hard 11 - Doubling down is recommended for blackjack hand 11 because you will have a 30.7% chance of getting a ten-value card to make a hand of 21.

2. Soft 11 - There are casinos that will not allow doubling down on soft 11, but if ever the blackjack rules of the casino allow it, then doubling down must be done.

3. Ten - Doubling down on a hand of ten will give you better chances of completing a hand of 20, which is actually a great blackjack hand.

4. Hard Nine - Doubling down on a hard nine will also give you a good chance of improving the hand to 19, which is also a strong blackjack hand. Even if the up card of the dealer is eight, nine, ten, or Ace, doubling down is still a good strategy for hard nine.

5. Eight - Doubling down is not a good strategy for a hand of eight. There are many blackjack players that do doubling down on a hand of eight in hope to improve the hand into 18, but this is not recommended and it is a weak doubling down strategy.

6. Higher than 11 - Doubling down is not also a good strategy for blackjack hands that are higher than 11. You will generally have a 30.7% odds to bust and for hands of 12, the odds to bust is 56%. The percentage number just increases as the blackjack hand value gets close to 21.

7. Lesser than eight - Doubling down on hand values that are less than eight will give you a very small chance of improving into a hand strong enough to beat the dealer.

Practicing is the best way to enhance your doubling down strategy and you can practice them for free in any online casino that offers free play for blackjack, wherein you won't lose any money while practicing your doubling down strategy.