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 Blackjack - Blackjack (also known as Twenty-one, Vingt-et-un, or Pontoon) is one of the most popular casino card games in the world. Much of Blackjack's popularity is due to the mix of chance with elements of skill.
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Blackjack rules, how to play BlackJack, a popular American casino game, now found throughout the world. It is a banking game in which the aim of the player is to achieve a hand whose points total nearer to 21.
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BlackJack Rules
In some places the game is called 21 rather than Blackjack; "Blackjack" is the name of the same game
played in the home, with slightly different rules mostly associated with the absence of a house dealer. The "Blackjack"
holding of ace and jack is called a "natural" by all casino personnel. Also if you get 21 in your first hand with the
first 2 cards, you have a 'BlackJack'.
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Blackjack Rules
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Confusingly, the name Black Jack is used in Britain for an entirely different card game which is essentially the
same as Crazy Eights. 
BlackJack Rules for Playing with a House Dealer
The basic premise of the game is that you want to have a hand value that is closer to 21 than that of the dealer,
without going over 21. Other players at the table are of no concern. Your hand is strictly played out against the hand
of the dealer. The rules of play for the dealer are strictly dictated, leaving no decisions up to the dealer. Therefore,
there is not a problem with the dealer or any of the other players at the table seeing the cards in your hand. Indeed,
if you're playing at a shoe game, the player cards are all dealt face up. In any event, when you're just learning to
play, don't hesitate to show the dealer or other players your cards and ask questions.
BlackJack Rules for Dealing
Once all the bets are made, the dealer will deal the cards to the players. He'll make two passes around the table
starting at his left (your right) so that the players and the dealer have two cards each. The dealer will flip one of
his cards over, exposing its value.
In the shoe games, the players cards will be dealt face-up, and the players are not allowed to touch the cards.
Once the cards are dealt, play proceeds around the table, starting at the first seat to the dealer's left, also
called first base. Each player in turn indicates to the dealer how he wishes to play the hand.
After each player has finished his hand, the dealer will complete his hand, and then pay or collect the player bets.
BlackJack Rules: Values of the Cards
In BlackJack, the cards are valued as follows:
- An Ace can count as either 1 or 11.
- The cards from 2 through 9 are valued as indicated.
- The 10, Jack, Queen, and King are all valued at 10.
The suits of the cards do not have any meaning in the game.
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BlackJack rules and several versions of BlackJack card games.
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The most relevant links we could find, placed here free
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 Blackjack Info
- Information about the card game BlackJack or 21, BlackJack rules, strategies, how to play BlackJack in Casinos and more. www.blackjackinfo.com
Wikipedia
- Information about the British game 'Black Jack', very similar to Crazy Eights. en.wikipedia.org
Lucky BlackJack
- BlackJack rules and a Glossary of terms used in this card game. www.luckyblackjack.com
Pagat
- How to play Blackjack and some links with more resources about BlackJack rules. www.pagat.com
Blackjack Hero
- Online Blackjack games, rules for 21 Black Jack, strategies, card counting and more. www.blackjackhero.com
BlackJack Rules: Player's Choices
- Surrender: Offers you as a player the choice to fold your hand, at the cost of half of the original bet.
- Hitting/Standing:During the game, you could opt either to draw another card
to the hand ("hit"), or stop at the current total ("stand"). The method you use to indicate your decisions
to the dealer depend on which kind of game you are playing.
- Doubling Down: This can only be done with a two card hand, before another card has been drawn. Doubling down
allows you to double your bet and receive one, and only one, additional card to the hand.
- Splitting Pairs: When you are dealt a matching pair of cards, you have the ability to split the hand into two
separate hands, and play them independently.
- Insurance and Even Money: If the dealer turns an up-card of an Ace, he will offer "Insurance" to the players.
Insurance bets can be made by betting up to half your original bet amount in the insurance betting stripe in front of
your bet. The dealer will check to see if he has a 10-value card underneath his Ace, and if he does have Blackjack, your
winning Insurance bet will be paid at odds of 2:1. You'll lose your original bet of course (unless you also have a
Blackjack), so the net effect is that you break even. Of course, if the dealer does not have blackjack, you'll lose the
insurance bet, and still have to play the original bet out.
In the face-up shoe game, you indicate that you want another card by tapping the table behind your cards with a finger.
If you go over 21, or "bust", the dealer will collect your bet, and remove your cards from the table immediately.
When you decide to stand, just wave your hand in a horizontal motion over your cards.
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Blackjack Strategy
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BlackJack Rules: Strategy
The basic BlackJack strategy is a must-have tool for every serious BlackJack player. It does not involve neither bets
nor the deck situation, being applicable only to the current game. You must memorize the basic strategy and strictly
follow it unless you combine it with other strategies and systems.
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Official BlackJack Rules
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The basic strategy is a table of probabilities (statistical analysis) based on which you are recommended to make a
decision. The basic blackjack strategy is often provided as a card that you can either print or purchase and indicates
when the player should hit, stand, double down, or split.
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