How to Deal Black Jack
Blackjack is one of the most popular card games in any casino. That's due in large part to its simplistic set of rules that enables players to learn quickly, and the minimal house advantage. Perfect play will virtually eliminate any edge for the house. Learning to deal allows you to play the game amongst friends, and much like the game, can be learned quite quickly.
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Instructions
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Shuffle the cards. Allow one of the players to cut the cards.
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Deal a card to every player at the table. Deal to your left first, and yourself last, with all cards but your own face-up. Deal a second card in the same fashion with your card face-up as well.
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Check for dealer blackjack if your showing card is a face card or an ace, without exposing your hidden card to any players. A blackjack is scored when your two dealt cards are one face card and one ace. If you have blackjack, turn the hidden card over. All players dealt blackjack get their bets back, all other players lose their bets. Move immediately to the next hand by returning to Step 1.
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Pay out any blackjacks scored by players. The players receive their bets back, and get paid an additional amount equal to their bet multiplied by 1.5.
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Ask the active player if she would like to hit or stick. The player to your left is the first active player and may hit, receiving an additional card, as many times as she would like as long as she is below 21. Once this player is happy with her score and thus stays, or goes over 21 and busts, the player to her left becomes the active player. Continue until all players have acted.
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Flip your hidden card over once all players have acted and add the value of your cards. If it is below 17, continue to hit until it is equal to or more than 17.
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Pay winning players, and collect from losing players. Players whose scores are closer than you to 21, without going over, get their bets back plus an amount equal to their bets. Players who go over 21, or are further from 21 than you, lose their bets. If you go over 21 in Step 5, all players who have not gone over 21 while hitting get their bet back plus winnings equal to their bet.
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Tips & Warnings
Scoring for blackjack awards 10 points for a face card, points equal to the value of any numbered card, and 1 or 11 points for an ace. It is possible for the value of an ace to change mid-deal. For example if a player has an 8 and an ace, his value is 19 (8 + 11). However, if he hits and receive a 4, the value would change to 13 (8 + 1 + 4) not 23, as 23 would be a bust.
