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Description
For online casino entertainment, Blackjack is a thrilling
game that anyone can play and win.
Rules
In Blackjack the player competes against the dealer. The goal is
for the player's hand to add up to 21 or come closer to 21 than
the dealer's hand.
The game is played on a semi-circular table with 5 or 7 playing
positions. Wagers are placed in the circles provided. Cards are
dealt from a deck of cards called a shoe. Traditionally a shoe may
contain anything from one standard 52-card deck – no jokers
– to 6 or sometimes 8 decks.
The online Blackjack playing rules provided here are based on European
Blackjack rules, using four 52-card decks that are shuffled after
each hand. There are 5 playing positions you can choose from, and
you can play up to 5 hands of Blackjack at the same time. Each hand
played is a separate wager against the dealer.
Each of the player's hands is dealt two cards. The Dealer is also
dealt two cards but only one card is face up. The card that remains
face down is called the 'hole card'.
The dealer must hit on all hands totaling 16 or less and stand on
all hands totaling 17 or more.
Face cards (the Jack, Queen and King) and 10s all have a value of
ten.
An Ace has a value of either 1 or 11. Any combination of cards that
contains an Ace card and whose value does not exceed 21 is referred
to as a ‘soft hand’. An Ace adopts the value most beneficial
for your hand. For example, an Ace and eight will add up to 19,
but if the player chooses to take another card that would cause
the hand's value to exceed 21, the Ace will revert to a value of
1.
If you are dealt an Ace and a 10 or face card this is called a BLACKJACK,
and your hand will STAND automatically. If you beat the dealer with
a BLACKJACK you are paid out at 3 to 2.
If you are dealt a pair you may SPLIT your hand. This means that
your pair is divided into two separate hands with two separate wagers.
A second wager – equal to your original wager – is automatically
placed on your second hand. You play both hands as separate hands.
If you have SPLIT a pair of aces and then draw a card with a value
of ten, this is not a BLACKJACK. Such a hand would have a value
of 21. It beats the dealer's hand value less than 21 and ties –
called a PUSH – against the dealer's hand value of 21, except
if the dealer's hand is a BLACKJACK. This rule also applies to splitting
pairs of cards with a value of ten. Should you split a pair of tens
(or face cards) and then receive an ace, this hand is not a BLACKJACK.
If you split Aces you will receive only 1 more card to complete
your hand. If the second card is a face card or 10 it is not a Blackjack.
You cannot split your hand(s) again.
If the value of your initial two cards is 9, 10 or 11 then you are
allowed to DOUBLE. This is a wager that your hand total with your
next card will be higher than the dealer’s completed hand.
The wager costs as much as your original bet, but should you win
you will be paid double of your total wager (or four times your
original wager.)
If the dealer's face up card is an Ace you may purchase INSURANCE.
INSURANCE is purchased prior to playing your hand(s). If you purchase
INSURANCE and then SPLIT or DOUBLE your hand(s), the value of your
INSURANCE bet is automatically doubled.
If your hand beats the dealer's hand then you have won.
BUST Hand
All hands that exceed 21 lose, even if the dealer also goes BUST.
If the dealer goes BUST but the player's hand is under 21 the player
wins.
Blackjack
All hands that are dealt an Ace and a 10 or a face card win, unless
the dealer also has a BLACKJACK – a PUSH.
Insurance Bets
All hands that purchased INSURANCE win if the dealer has a BLACKJACK
– you will break even; if the dealer doesn't have a BLACKJACK
the INSURANCE bet loses.
PUSH Hands
If the dealer's hand total and the player's hand total are the same
than the hand is a tie or PUSH and the player's bet is returned.
Other
If the dealer's hand and the player's hand are both under 21, the
hands are compared. If the player's hand is closer to 21 the player
wins, if the dealer's hand is closer to 21 the player loses.
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