![]() ![]() Each player has an independent game with the dealer, so it is possible for the dealer to lose to one player, but still beat the other players in the same round. If both the player and the dealer have the same point value, it is called a "push", and neither player nor dealer wins the hand. Note that if the player busts he loses, even if the dealer also busts (therefore Blackjack favors the dealer). The goal of each player is to beat the dealer by having the higher, unbusted hand. A hand in which an ace's value is counted as 11 is called a soft hand, because it cannot be busted if the player draws another card. An ace's value is 11 unless this would cause the player to bust, in which case it is worth 1. Cards 2 through 10 are worth their face value, and face cards (jack, queen, king) are also worth 10. The hand with the highest total wins as long as it doesn't exceed 21 a hand with a higher total than 21 is said to bust. As the game is currently played, a "blackjack" may not necessarily contain a jack at all.īlackjack hands are scored by their point total. This hand was called a "blackjack" and the name stuck to the game even though the bonus payout was soon abolished. One such bonus was a 10-to-1 payout if the player's hand consisted of the ace of spades and a black Jack (either the Jack of clubs or the Jack of spades). When blackjack was first introduced in the United States it was not very popular, so gambling houses tried offering various bonus payouts to get the players to the tables. Blackjack's precursor was vingt-et-un ("twenty-one"), which originated in French casinos around 1700, and did not offer the 3:2 bonus for a two-card 21. Much of blackjack's popularity is due to the mix of chance with elements of skill, and the publicity that surrounds card counting (keeping track of which cards have been played since the last shuffle). Blackjack! The face cards (Jack, Queen, and King) and the ten count as 10 points, and the Ace counts as 1 or 11.īlackjack, also known as twenty-one or Pontoon, is one of the most popular casino card games in the world. ![]()
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