How To Play In Brief
Most players will be familiar with Pontoon, or '21'. If so
Blackjack will be easy to 🛡 pick up. The object of the game is to beat the croupier’s
hand by getting as close to 21 as 🛡 possible without going over, or ‘busting’.
The
croupier, acting as Banker, will shuffle 6 decks of cards, before asking a player 🛡 to
cut them. The cards will then be placed in a dealing box, referred to as a
‘shoe’.
Begin by placing 🛡 your bet in the empty box nearest to you where you are
standing or sitting. If you don't have any 🛡 chips place your money on the table and the
croupier will exchange it for you. The croupier will deal two 🛡 cards face up to each
player and one to himself.
Count up the value of your two cards (cards count at 🛡 their
face value with Jack, Queen, King counting as 10 and Aces counting as 1 or 11).
If your
first 2 🛡 cards total 21 you have a Blackjack, a winning combination that pays 3-2 as
long as the croupiers first card 🛡 isn't an Ace. If this is the case you will be offered
an insurance bet, equivalent to accepting even money 🛡 straight away.
If you don't have
Blackjack you can "Stand" or you can draw more cards, until you believe your cards 🛡 will
total closer to 21 than the croupiers.
You may "split" any pair for an additional
equivalent bet. Also, you may 🛡 double your original bet and draw only one more card with
any total from your first two cards.
If the croupier 🛡 has a hand of 16 or under they
must draw more cards, with a hand of 17 or over they 🛡 must stand.
If you don't have a
Blackjack but your hand is closer to 21 than the croupier’s, you win even 🛡 money. If the
croupier’s hand is closer, the house wins. If you match the croupiers hand, you retain
your original 🛡 bet.
21+3
21+3 is a side bet on Blackjack. It uses the player’s first two
cards and dealer’s first card to form 🛡 a three card poker hand. The winning hands are
Flush, Straight, Three of a Kind and Straight Flush, all pay 🛡 9-1.
SUPER pairs
Super
Pairs is a side bet on Blackjack & a bet wins if the first two cards dealt to 🛡 a
player’s Blackjack hand are a pair & it loses if they are not. Bets are made prior to
any 🛡 cards being dealt & must be supported by a regular Blackjack bet on the same
betting box. Any pair pay 🛡 5-1, a Prime Pair pays 10-1 and a Suited Pair pays 30-1. If
the player' first two cards, plus the 🛡 dealer's face card, are suited, Suited Trips pay
50-1.
BJ 21 + 3 Progressive
In addition to the basic game detailed above, 🛡 players may
place an optional side wager on the "Progressive Jackpot". This is a wager that the
player's hand will 🛡 hit one of the rankings below, irrespective of whether it also beats
the dealer and / or whether the dealer's 🛡 hand qualifies. A progressive wager must be
accompanied by a Standard Black Jack wager. Uses Player's first two Cards and 🛡 Dealer's
first Card.
Winning progressive side bet hands are, in descending order, as
follows:-
Aces, kings or queens suited
Trips Suited
Straight Flush
Three of 🛡 a Kind
Offsuit
Straight
Flush
If the player's hand does not hit one of the above rankings, the
progressive wager will lose.
Insurance
Insurance is 🛡 a side bet that the dealer will
draw blackjack and is treated independently of the main wager.
Should the Dealer pull
🛡 an Ace as their first card, customers will be invited to place an insurance bet, of up
to half their 🛡 original bet; against the Dealer receiving Blackjack. The hand will
progress as standard and the insurance bets of any player 🛡 who exceeds 21 will remain in
position.
If the Dealer draws Blackjack then all insurance bets will be paid at 2:1.
If
🛡 the Dealer doesn’t draw Blackjack then all insurance bets lose.
GOOD LUCK!
