Blackjack

Blackjack is a classic casino game where the player plays against the dealer to score the closest to 21 as possible without busting.

This game is played with a 6-deck pack of cards which is reshuffled between each game. You can choose to play with up to three hands.

PLACING BETS

• Choose to play up to three hands. • A bet must be placed on the ANTE for each hand to be played.

PLAYER ACTIONS

• There are 5 possible actions the player can take on their hands. • Hit - This deals an extra card to the hand. • Stand - This keeps the hand as it is • Double - This doubles the player’s bet for that hand and deals one extra card to the hand. No further action will be allowed for the hand. • Split - The first and second card of the hand are split into two separate hands. A second card is dealt to both hands. A bet equal to the initial hand’s bet will be placed on the newly created hand. • Surrender - This discards the hand. Half of the stake for this hand is re- turned to the player at the end of the game.

GAME PLAY • Two cards will then be dealt to each hand, and two to the house. The house’s cards will be dealt with one card face up and one card face down. • The total of any hand is the sum of the card values in the hand. • In clockwise order, the player must resolve each of their hands. • The player must repeatedly decide which available action to take until the hand is resolved. • The hand is resolved following a stand or double, if the player surrenders the hand, or if the hand busts. • When all player hands have been resolved, the house will draw cards until it stands or busts. • A player hand will win when it totals closer to 21 than the house’s hand (without going bust), or if the house’s hand busts and the player hand does not. • If the player’s total hand is equal to the house’s hand total (without going bust), the player draws.

RULES

• A hand may only be split as the first action on the hand, and if the initial two cards are of the same rank. • A hand may only be split once. It is not possible to split a hand that has already been split once. • If a hand of two Aces is split, no further action will be allowed for these hands. • The player can select double for a hand after a split has been made. • A split hand cannot be surrendered. • The house must draw to 16. The house must hit on soft 17. The house must stand on a hard 17. • A hand with an Ace valued as 11 is “soft”, otherwise it is “hard”. • A hand is considered bust when it exceeds a total hand value of 21. • When only two cards are used to create a hand with a value of exactly 21, this is considered ‘Blackjack’. This only occurs for the first two cards drawn for a hand, and does not apply to hands which have been split. • Hands with a value of 21 automatically stand.

RULES

• No hand can contain more than 12 cards. Any hand containing 13 cards that has not bust, automatically stands.

INSURANCE

• After the initial deal, if the house’s face up card is an Ace, the player will be presented with an option to make an Insurance bet. • The Insurance bet is a bet that the house has a total of 21 exactly with two cards (blackjack). • The bet amount for the Insurance bet will always be half of the ANTE bet for the current hand. • The player will be presented with the option to make an Insurance bet for each hand in play

In Blackjack, the card values are as follows: • Ace - can be counted as 1 or 11. • An Ace is counted as 11 if it does not cause the hand value to exceed 21. Each Ace is evaluated independently. • 2-10 - are counted as their respective number