How to Play
The Goal?
Create a hand with a higher total than the dealer’s without going over 21.
- The game begins when each player places their chips in the box on the table in front of them.
- Every player is dealt two cards, while the dealer is dealt one exposed card and one face-down “hole” card. If a player has Blackjack, he or she is immediately paid out at either 3 to 2 or 6 to 5, unless the dealer also has Blackjack.
- You can decide to stand, hit, double down or split. In some games you have the option to surrender.
- The dealer will expose his or her hole card.
- The dealer hits to 17. Some variations allow the dealer to hit a “soft 17” (a 17 in which one of the cards is an Ace valued at 11).
- Once the dealer stands or busts, players with hands better than the dealer’s win and are paid out at 1 to 1.
