If the dealer does have a blackjack, then all wagers (except insurance) will lose, unless the player also has a blackjack, which will result in a push. If he does, then he will turn it over immediately. If the dealer has a ten or an ace showing (after offering insurance with an ace showing), then he will peek at his facedown card to see if he has a blackjack. Insurance wagers are optional and may not exceed half the original wager. If the dealer has an ace showing, he will offer a side bet called 'insurance.' This side wager pays 2 to 1 if the dealer's hole card is any 10-point card. The facedown card is called the 'hole card.' One of the dealer cards is dealt face up. Except, a 'blackjack' is the highest hand, consisting of an ace and any 10-point card, and it outranks all other 21-point hands.Īfter the players have bet, the dealer will give two cards to each player and two cards to himself. The value of a hand is the sum of the point values of the individual cards.
Blackjack may be played with one to eight decks of 52-card decks.Īces may be counted as 1 or 11 points, 2 to 9 according to pip value, and tens and face cards count as ten points.
