January 6th, 2011

Blackjack Card Games

BlackJack (21)
Blackjack, also known as 21, is a common card game that is played in casinos. The game has gained popularity because it is easy to play, the player who has the most amount of books about 21 or 21 wins.

Running game: each player initially receives two cards that will be displayed to all participants in the game. The dealer (house) will get all the two books, one face down. After dividing each player has a chance to sum 21 books, or as close as follows. Decision player: After the deal the player can choose from four standard options: hit, stand, split, double down. In some tables, you have call and surrender options.

HIT: You may take a book.
STAND: do not get a book.
DOUBLE DOWN : double your stake, take only a single book (is used when the player is sure that the final amount is over 19).
SPLIT: an option used when the player has two cards of equal value, the player forming a handful on each card, then the two hands are playing by standard rules.
SURRENDER: use only some tables, the player has the option to withdraw after receiving the two books and received back only half of the amount wagered. (This command is generally used when a player has received 14 or the amount of books 15).

Decision House:
SOFT 17: When the dealer's card sum is below 17, it must draw a card. If the sum is 17 or higher the dealer is not allowed in another book.
BLACKJACK: If a player is by dividing the sum of 21 cards received from home (3:2) x bet.
INSURANCE: When home is face-up card "as" when a player can make an insurance. In the case of this bet the house check sum is 21. If the player wins the bet he gets 2x's insurance.
Requirements: A deck of cards (which are removed wildcards) and 2-6 players.

Rules:
• At the beginning of the game is dealt two cards to each player;
• The order of play is the meaning or counterclockwise;
• The game is lost if a player makes more than 21 points;
• The game is won by the player with the highest score of the left;
• playing card values are:

A - 1 or 11
K - 14 points
Q - 13 points
J - 12 points
2.3 ,..., 9.10 to 2.3 ,..., 9.10 points
• The game has no relevance or color of the card type game (eg diamonds, clubs, ...).

Example of game:
Mix the cards, then fall (in order of pre-game agreement at the beginning). Each player looks at the cards he has in his hand without showing them to other competitors. One by one each player can choose to draw another card game or to say "step" and to remain on the books that he has until the end of the game. When he draws another card and notes from the calculation of points that it made more than 21 points it must specify this other competitors (a phrase often used as: "I burned") because he lost the game. The game will end when all the players say "pass" and it will be won by the player with the most points or the only remaining player who does not "burn".