Double/Split: Place your matching bet next to, never on top of, your original bet and inform the Dealer if you are doubling or splitting.

Stand - no more cards required: Wave your hand, palm open and parallel to the table.

Hit - requiring an extra card: Tap the table.

Ask for additional cards verbally, or use hand signals to indicate if you require further cards or not.

If your hand goes over 21, you lose, or go bust. If your two cards don’t total 21, you must decide if you can risk asking for more cards in your quest to get closest to a total of 21. The best result you can achieve in this game is a two-card 21, or a Blackjack. Aces can count high or low (either 1 or 11). Kings, Queens and Jacks have a value of 10. Cards 2 to 10 are scored at their face value. You now must decide how to play out your hand. Once all bets have been placed, every Player is dealt two cards, including the Dealer. Play begins when you place your bet on the table inside a betting circle. Each table has a sign that explains the minimum and maximum bets at that table, as well as giving variations in common rules. If your hand goes over 21 it loses.īlackjack is usually played at an arc-shaped table with places for up to six Players.

The essence of Blackjack is to get nearer to a total of 21 than the Dealer. All cards are scored at their face value, except picture cards (Jack, Queen, King) which have a value of 10, and Aces which count as 1 or 11. This easy card game is played with four, six or eight standard decks of 52 cards.

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