| Blackjack
Objective:
Blackjack is a popular casino card game in which players are required to obtain a hand that is as close as possible to 21 points without exceeding it. If it is closer to 21 than the dealer’s hand, the player wins. If not, then the player loses. Cards 2-9 are worth their face value, Aces are worth 1 or 11 (depending on which better benefits the hand) and face cards are worth 10. Casino offers 6 deck Blackjack in single-hand, multi-hand and private group mode.
Play Blackjack
How to Play:- Place your bet by clicking on the betting area of the table. Each click adds another chip to your bet, and each right-click removes one. You can place as many as you like depending on the betting limits of the game.
- Start the game by clicking “Deal” – cards will be dealt out to each player face down.
- You are offered insurance if the dealer’s up-card is an ace. Click on it to accept (see below for rules about insurance).
- Choose how to play by clicking on either “Hit”, “Stand”, “Double” or “Split”. Remember that the Insurance, Double and Split options require an additional wager!
- Once all players have stood, the winner is determined and awarded the pot.
- Press “New Game” to start another round of Blackjack. You can either follow the above steps again or press “Rebet” to repeat your same bets.
Multi-hand version:
Casino lets you play up to 3 hands of Blackjack at the same time using our multi-hand version of the game. It can be accessed by clicking on the “multi-hand” button in the casino lobby when entering the game of Blackjack. You place your bets in the same way as in the regular version – by clicking on the chip value you wish to use and then selecting the betting area of the table by clicking on it to place the bet. Each time you click you will add another chip to the bet. Yet if you are playing with more than one hand, you will have to place your bets in more than one area than you usually would – for example, if you are playing four hands then you will have to place four separate bets.
Multi-player mode and Private Group mode let you play at the same Blackjack table with different people. You can join a Private Group only if you know the name of it first.
Game controls:
Use these buttons to play our game of Blackjack:
| Deal | Deals the cards out to players. | | Insurance | Protects your bet against the dealer having Blackjack. | | Double | Doubles your wager and gives you a third card. | | Hit | Requests another card. | | Stand | Draws no more cards and turns play over to the dealer. |
Shortcut Controls:
You can also control your game of Blackjack by using your keyboard in the following way:
| Key | Function | | TAB | Tabs between the buttons on the screen. | | ENTER | Selects the highlighted button. | | SPACEBAR | Begins a new round of Blackjack (like the New Game button). | | Number keys | Increase your bet. Each key increases the bet by a different amount. The number of keys and their amounts change and are dependent upon the wagering limitations of the player | | ESC | Leaves the game and brings the player back to the lobby. |
Rules of Blackjack:- Players with Blackjack (an Ace and a face card) are awarded 1.5 times their bet.
- Blackjack is stronger than any other hand also worth 21 points.
- The player’s bet amount is awarded to him/her if the player has a hand value that is closer to 21 than the dealer.
- A “Bust” is when a player exceeds 21 points, for which their bet is lost.
- If the player and the dealer have the same hand value over 16, then neither win the bet – this is called a “push”.
Our version of Blackjack adheres to Las Vegas Strip Rules (standard rules), using only these exceptions:
- Used cards are returned to their decks after being used and reshuffled before the next round.
- Players can split their hands only once.
- If a player draws split Aces then only one card can be dealt.
- Doubling is allowed after splitting.
- The dealer never checks for Blackjack.
- If the dealer has 11 and then gets Blackjack, the player will lose both bets if he/she has doubled. The player gets his/her bets back only if the dealer’s first card is 10 and then gets a Blackjack.
Split:
Splitting is used to create two separate hands when a player receives two cards of the same value. This requires making a second bet and drawing extra cards to complete each hand. There is no limit to the amount of cards that can be added to each hand unless Aces were split, for which only one card is dealt out to each hand. Also, Ace and face card combinations are considered 21 and not Blackjack for split hands.
Double:
You can double you bet if you believe that a third card will allow you to beat the dealer. If you do this, the extra bet is taken out of your account and a third card is dealt.
Insurance:
If in the initial hand, the dealer has an Ace, the player is given the option of taking insurance. Insurance means making an additional bet equal to half of the original one, so that if the dealer gets Blackjack, it is paid out 2:1 and therefore ensures that the player does no lose anything (the original bet is won back in addition to the insurance amount). Yet if the dealer does not end up having Blackjack, the player loses both the original bet and the insurance amount.
10 Card Charlie:
If the player manages to draw 10 cards in a single hand and still not go bust, he/she will win automatically unless the dealer has Blackjack.
Winnings:
In Blackjack, there are 3 possible ways that a player can be paid out. They are as follows:
| | Pays | | Winning Hand | 1 to 1 | | Insurance | 2 to 1 | | Blackjack | 3 to 2 |
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