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Blackjack



How to play Blackjack



Blackjack or 21 as it is sometimes known is played world wide and is an easy and fun game to learn and play. You play against the dealer and try to achieve a higher total than them without going over 21.

To Start

You play with cash chips which you can either bring from another table or buy from the table you want to play on. Simply place your cash on the table and the dealer will give you your chips.

Each player places their bets on the betting box and the dealer will deal two cards to each player and one card to themselves.

You decide what to do next.

The dealer will tell you the value of your cards and you decide if you want to take another card or cards.

The aim is to achieve a score as close to 21 as you can. You can take as many or as few cards as you decide.

When you are happy with your total you tell the dealer that you will "stand" and the dealer will move to the next player. When all players are happy with their totals the dealer will deal to themselves. A dealer must take a card on 16 or below and stand on 17 or over.

If your total is higher than the dealer you win and will be paid at even money. If you bet £1 you win £1. If your total is lower than the dealer you lose your stake. If your total is the same as the dealer your bet stands.

If you get a pair you can split them, all you have to do is make a bet equal to your original bet and you will have two hands to play. You can also choose to double your original stake with your first two cards but you can only have one extra card.

If you get a 10 card with an Ace this is Blackjack and providing the dealer doesn't get the same you will be paid at 3 to 2. For £3 you will get £4.50.

Remember cards are counted at face value but an Ace will be eleven unless it takes your total over 21 and then it will be counted as one.


Blackjack Sidebets



Some Blackjack tables offer additional sidebets. These are extra bets to the main game and are optional.


Royal Match



You simply place your chips in the Royal Match betting area and are betting on the outcome of your first two cards.

If your first two cards are:

The same suit (i.e. Two Hearts)
You get paid 3-2

Straight Flush (i.e. 4 & 5 Clubs)
You get paid 5-1

Suited Pair (i.e. 2 x 9 of Spades)
You get paid 9-1

Royal Match (i.e. K & Q Hearts)
You get paid 30-1

If your first two cards do not match any of the above then you lose your Royal Match wager but your Blackjack bet is unaffected and you carry on with that as normal.

Perfect Pairs



Again a very simple additional bet. You are wagering that your first two cards will be:

A Mixed Pair
(i.e. a 3 of Hearts and a 3 of Clubs) 5-1

A Coloured Pair
(i.e. K of Clubs and a K of Spades) 10-1

A Perfect Pair
(i.e. 2 Queen of Hearts) 30-1

Place your wager on the Perfect Pair section of the Blackjack table.

As soon as the dealer has dealt your first two cards your perfect pair bet will be settled but if your first two cards do not make a pair your wager loses and your Blackjack bet carries on in the normal way.

21 + 3



Here is another sidebet which introduces an element of poker into the game of Blackjack.

Simply place a bet in the 21 + 3 betting area, you are betting on the outcome of the first 3 cards, your first 2 cards and the dealer's first card.

If the three cards combined make the following:

A Flush (three unrelated cards of the same suit) i.e. 3, 7, and 9 of Spades.

A Straight (three running cards but not the same suit) i.e. Two of Spades, three of Clubs, four of Hearts.

Three of a Kind (three Cards of the same value) i.e. three eights or three fives.

Straight Flush (three consecutive cards of the same suit) i.e. seven, eight, nine of Diamonds.

All get paid at 9-1.
If your bet does not make one of these hands then it loses but your Blackjack hand continues as normal.



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