Online Black Jack (The Game of 21)
A picture card is counted as 10, a card from 2-10 is counted at its face value, and an ace can be counted as either 1 or 11. A 'hard hand' is a hand that does not contain an ace or contains an ace that can only be counted as 1 so as not to bust.
There are six decks and the rules are: Dealer hits soft 17, up to 3 splits allowed (when splitting Aces the player receives only one additional card for each hand, and if the additional card is a face card the hand is not considered as Blackjack), doubling down after split is not allowed, double down on any first two cards, no surrender option.
Our Blackjack game has a dealer and one player (as described above). The dealer deals from a shoe containing six decks of playing cards. Before the cards are dealt, the players place their bets by clicking on either the $1 chip, $5 chip, $25 chip or the $100 chip to reach the desired bet.
Once the cards are dealt the bets may not be changed. Buttons located on the lower right side of the screen will appear in order to facilitate betting. The minimum and maximum initial bets can be seen prior to entering the blackjack table.
Each player receives two cards face up and the dealer receives one card face up and one card face down (the 'hole card'). The player may request as many cards until he/she busts. If a player is dealt a Blackjack, which is a 10 or face card along with an Ace, he/she immediately gets paid 1.5 times the placed bet unless the dealer also has Blackjack in which case it is a 'push' (you neither win nor lose your bet).
Once all of the players' bets are completed, the dealer turns over their hole card and plays according to the rules of the game. If the dealer has sixteen or less, they must hit. If the dealer's cards total exceeds 21, it is considered a bust and the dealer pays all players that are still in the game.