Basic
Online Blackjack Rules
In Online Blackjack, you
and the dealer (the computer) are
dealt two cards to start. The
objective of Blackjack is to
accumulate cards that add up closer
to 21 than that of the dealer's
cards, without going over 21.
Blackjack Cards are worth their face value
with the exception of Kings, Queens,
and Jacks which are each worth 10
and Aces which are worth either 1 or
11. If the value of your hand is
closer to 21 than that of the dealer
you win.
If the value of the
dealer's hand is higher than yours
you lose. If the hands are of equal
value the deal is a push and your
money is returned. If you have a
total of 22 or higher (a busted
hand), you lose regardless of
whether the dealer also busts.
Blackjack is played with up to
eight fifty-two card decks. After
each game has been played, the used
cards are shuffled back into the
deck. All face cards are valued at
ten and the cards from 2-10 are
valued as indicated.
Aces can
be valued at either one or eleven;
if counting the ace as eleven would
put the hand over twenty-one, the
ace is automatically counted as one
instead. You do not need to specify
which value the Ace has as it's
always assumed to have the value
that makes the best hand.
The
value of a hand is the sum of the
values of the individual cards. For
example, a hand containing a Jack,
3, and 4 has a value of 17.
You begin a
hand of Online Blackjack by placing
a bet on the table. You will then
receive two cards face up. The
dealer will receive one card face up
and one face down. Once you have
been dealt your two cards (and based
on the nature of these cards) you
can do the following:
Hit
Requests another card. You can
request a hit as many times as you
like, but if your total goes over
twenty-one, you will bust and lose
the hand.
Stand
Requests that you receive no more
cards. The hand as it currently
stands will be judged against the
dealers.
Split
If you have two cards of the same
denomination, a Split button will
appear. You can split your cards
into two hands and play each hand
separately. Your original bet will
be duplicated for the new hand.
Each hand will be played out as
usual except when splitting Aces,
where only one additional card per
hand is dealt. The split option can
only be used once per hand -- you
cannot split part of a split hand.
Any winning 21 obtained after
splitting a pair is paid 1-to-1.
Double Down
If you select this option, two
things will happen: you will get
exactly one more card, your turn
will end, and your bet will be
doubled.
Insurance
Whenever the Blackjack dealer's
up-card is an Ace, the player has an
option of taking insurance. The
player may opt to take insurance by
clicking on the Insurance button. If
you do not wish to take insurance,
you simply click on the Pass button
to proceed with the rest of the
hand. If the player believes that
the dealer's down-card is a 10
ranking card, then the player is
permitted to place a side bet of
half the original wager as
insurance.
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