Blackjack Rules

Blackjack 21 provides you with the Basic Rules of Blackjack. If you are a beginner at Blackjack it is important to read through the Rules to get a feel for the game. The Rules listed below are the Rules for original Blackjack but some variations of Blackjack may have slightly different rules which are listed on their reviews.

- Players compete against the dealer.

- A hand of Blackjack is started when each player is dealt 2 cards face up and the dealer is dealt 1 card face up and 1 card face down.

- The aim of the game is to have a hand that totals 21.

- If your first 2 cards consist of an Ace and a 10 valued card ( K, Q, J, 10) this is known as Blackjack.

- Blackjack always beats a hand of 21.

- K, Q, J and 10's all have the value of 10.

- An Ace can be counted as 1 or 11.

- Cards from 2-10 have the same value as their face value.

- When players want another card they 'Hit'.

- When players don't want any more cards they 'Stand'.

- If a player goes 'Bust' (his hand goes over 21) he automatically loses the hand.

- If no one has a hand totaling 21 the next highest hand will win. For Example if the dealer has 19 and the player has 17, the dealer wins.

- If the player and the dealers hands tie this is known as a 'Push' and bets are split.

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