Is hole carding legal in playing blackjack?

[Bigron]

Hole carding is the act of reading the dealer's hole card, or the card facing down, to get an advantage in blackjack and other casino games. Having knowledge of the hole card will significantly improve your odds in the game. This strategy is used most widely in the game blackjack, where there is only a single hole card.

Is this practice tantamount to cheating in blackjack?

 

[Samuel purpose]

So long as it does not involve the use of a device like a mirror or actions like touching the dealer's cards, in most jurisdictions hole carding is a legal form of advantage gambling.

 

[Bigron]

So long as it does not involve the use of a device like a mirror or actions like touching the dealer's cards, in most jurisdictions hole carding is a legal form of advantage gambling.

This is really good to know, and this information definitely equips me with more strategies to win in addition to sharpening my arsenal when it comes to competitiveness in the blackjack table.