Blackjack

General rule

blackjack free Blackjack is a card deck in which the player tries to beat the casino, represented by the croupier, by obtaining a hand of the value egale or lower than 21 and higher than the hand of the croupier. Although there are several players with a table of Blackjack, the relation is always a player against casino, and never player against player.

Value of the cards

Each card has a value equal to its weight, except for the aces and the figures. All the ten and figures count for 10. An ace can be counted for 1 or 11 according to choice's of the player. The colors do not count.

Ex: - a hand made up of one 3 of square, one 6 a heart and an injury of spade will be worth 19 - a hand made up of an ace of clover and one 10 of spade will be worth 21.

A number of players

A table of blackjack is generally made up of a croupier (the donor) and from one to seven players.

A number of card decks.

One in general uses one to eight plays. In the parts with one or two plays, the cards are distributed to the hand. When there is more than two plays, one uses a "shoe". Note: It is rare to find parts with few card decks in the casinos.

Blackjacks When the first two cards of a player are an ace and a card of a value of ten, thus making a total of 21, it is said that the player has a "Blackjack". In general a blackjack is pay 3/2 of the setting. When the player and the donor have both a blackjack there is equality, and the player recovers his setting (without profit). Gives

Each player receives two cards, visible face, distributed one by one, in the direction of the needles of a watch. The donor receives usually a visible card face and the other hidden face.

Actions of the player

Once gives it carried out, one after the other, the players can, if they wish it, require one or more additional cards until it wishes to stop or when it "jumps" (the sum of its cards making more than 21).

According to internal rules' of the casino, the player can have the possibility of doubling his initial setting after having received his the first 2 cards. One invites that "to double". In this case the player receives only one additional card. Various restriction can be applied by the casino to this option of play. In general, the player is authorized to double only if its hand is worth 10 or 11. The casino can also prohibit to the player to double after having separated its cards. The more the casino restricts the use of this option, the more its advantage on the player is large.

If the first two cards received by the player are of the same value (e.g. two 9), this last A the possibility of separating them, thus creating two different hands. For that, the player must add a setting equivalent to his initial setting. The majority of the casinos limit the number of separation successive. It is also usual to authorize to draw only one additional card when two aces are separated.

>To jump

When the hand of a player exceeds 21, it is said that it jumped and it loses his setting whatever the result of the hand of the donor. When a player jumps, its cards and its setting are collected at once by the croupier.

Equality

If the player and the donor have each one a hand of the same value without to have jumped, it is said that there is equality and the player does not lose his setting, but does not gain anything either. Nevertheless Blackjack will be always victorious face has a hand of 21 (e.g. 10 prick + 4 heart +7 pricks).

of the donor

Once that all the players played and if there remain players not having jumped, the donor decouvre its card face cacheé (or gives a card, according to rules' of the casino) and distributes cards, if nécéssaire, until its hand reached a total of 17 or more. After that, if the donor jumped, it pays the remaining players, if not it pays the players having a hand stronger than his.

Insurance

When the visible card of the donor is an ace, the players have the possibility "of ensuring themselves". This insurance is a setting equivalent to half of the initial setting and is paid 2 per 1 if the hand of the donor makes Blackjack. If the donor does not make Blackjack, the setting is lost.