The Objective of 21: Basic Tips for Playing and Winning at Blackjack

"Hi! My name is Carlos Ramos Jr. and I'm coming to you on behalf of Expert Village and today we're talking about the game of blackjack. Let's go over the object of the game. The object of the game is to get a higher hand than the dealer without going over 21, pretty simple. No matter how many players are here, you all are going against the dealer, not going against each other, you're trying to beat the dealer, you're trying to get a higher hand than him without going over 21, so try to get as close to 21 as possible. We'll go over all of that a little bit later but let's just go with the basic object here, you have 16 here want to get close to 21, 20 that is not bad. What are the odds of you getting an ace? Let's leave it alone, let's just hold there, let's see what the dealer has, 21. He beat you, you lose but that's the object, pretty, pretty basic pretty simple, you're not trying to go over 21 but you're trying to at least have a higher hand than the dealer and we'll go over all of that in detail a little later but that's the object. The object to get a higher hand than the dealer without going over 21, regardless of the number of players here, you're all playing against the dealer."