BlackJack

The objective of Blackjack is to accumulate cards with a total value of as close to 21 as possible without going over 21. The value of a hand is the sum of the point counts of each card in the hand. The value assigned to the cards is as follows:

• Cards 2 through 10 are valued as indicated.
• Face cards (Jacks, Queens and Kings) are all valued at 10 points.
• An Ace counts as one or 11, whichever is to the player's advantage. It is worth 11 unless that would cause hand value to exceed 21 (bust), in which case it has a value of 1.

Soft total - a hand that contains an Ace that can be counted as 11 without the total going above 21. For example: Ace-6 is soft 17.

Hard total - a hand that contains an Ace that can be counted as only 1 because counting it as 11 would make the hand go over 21. For example: Ace-6-10 is hard 17.

If the player and the house tie, it is a push and no one wins. Ace and 10 (Blackjack) on the first two cards dealt is an automatic player win at 1.5 to 1, unless the house ties.