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Player initial hand is a pair ("Perfect pairs") Player initial hand is suited, and connected, or a suited K-Q ("Royal match") Player initial hand plus dealer's card makes a flush, straight, or three-of-a-kind poker hand ("21+3") Player initial hand totals 20 ("Lucky Ladies") Dealer upcard is in between the value of the player's two cards ("In Bet")
The objective of blackjack is for a player to defeat the dealer by obtaining a sum as close to 21 as possible without accumulating a total that exceeds this number. [3] In blackjack, the standard rule is that if the player is dealt a pair of identically ranked initial cards, known as a pair, the player is allowed to split them into separate hands and ask for a new second card for each while ...
21, 21 Miles of Rough Road, Jackpot, [2] Slot Machine [3] 7733: Queens of the Stone Age (after their song 3's and 7's) 75432 (off-suit) Kansas City, [4] Sympathy Hand (it is the worst hand possible) 6667J: Devil's Convenience Store 666: The Devil, Lucifer, The Beast, Devil's Area Code, Kotch 65432: Rabbit, The World Trade Center Straight [5] 555
In blackjack, the best possible hand for the player is to reach a score of 21 with exactly two cards, which necessarily involves an Ace and a ten-valued card (a 10, jack, queen, or king). [2] This hand, which usually defeats any other hand of 21 and carries a higher payout of winnings, is referred to as a "blackjack", or a "natural".
When the dealer shows an ace and the player has a blackjack, the player can opt for even money and get paid immediately at 1:1. This is a version of insurance rather than a different bet. If the dealer has blackjack, the hand is a push, but the player receives twice the value of the insurance, which is the same as the original bet.
[2] [3] [1]: 51 In 1982, a lawsuit initiated by Ken Uston prohibited the Atlantic City casinos from barring card counters but allowed the casinos to establish new blackjack rules making it much more difficult to attain an advantage in the multi-deck shoe game, except for players willing to play to the long-term. Since most of Patterson's ...
Double Attack Blackjack has some specific rules: [2] 8 Spanish 48-cards decks are used; Dealer stands on a soft 17; If a player takes insurance, a dealer peeks for blackjack; Insurance payout is 5 to 2; A player has a right to double down after splitting; A player can split aces once and receive one more card; All cards except aces can be re ...
Sometimes games require the revealing or announcement of cards, at which point appropriate nicknames may be used if allowed under the rules or local game culture. King (K): Cowboy, [1] Monarch [1] King of Clubs (K ♣): Alexander [2] King of Spades (K ♠): David [2] King of Diamonds (K ♦): Julius Caesar, [2] Man with the Axe, [1] One-Eyed ...