Are you a new blackjack player who really would like to try their luck at the tables in real life, or perhaps online, and just perhaps are too scared to take that step? An easy way to gain more training and confidence is to purchase a desktop casino diskette with a Blackjack game on it and just sit at home working through first the tutorial and then playing some games. A lot of these standalone games have multiplayer capacity as well so you can get a relative or friend to play with you and get over your nerves.

Used games are even available, and most will run on Windows. While not recommending a specific company, look for a disk that has card games, casino games and board games for the most variety. Check for the ESRB rating too, K-A stands for kids to adults and this means the game content is clean. A little bit of shopping at your favorite computer store will yield probably several choices of good Blackjack games.

You’ll want a game that closely simulates real time play, with exact table graphics and sounds like you would hear in the casino. It is worthy to note here that in a lot of online casinos, there are training facilities for the online games that are either free or cheap to play. If you are too nervous yet to go that route, get a standalone disk — some will even integrate to online casino games when you are ready.

Learning to play Blackjack is not hard, but playing under pressure is. That is why it is so critically important to get good practice hours under your belt before you head into a real life situation. Set your standalone game for the maximum number of computer generated players. Real tables are usually packed, and its important to know what to do if the players next to you do something you don’t understand. You are always playing against the dealer, but having people at the table is part of the game, and being distracted will cause you to go off your own game. Blackjack has specific rules, which if followed, should generated some winning hands for you. Standalone games are great ways to learn those rules and stick to them.