Black JackBlog about Black Jack card game

It is a counting game with each card having a value and the goal of the game is to accumulate cards so that the total value is close to 21 but without going over it. The face cards have a value of 10; the number cards have their numeric values. Ace is either 1 or 11 depending on the hand. A player plays against the house or the dealer and he wins if his hand is closer to 21. If he overshoots the total of 21, he ‘busts’.

The dealer initially deals two cards to players; which can be either face up or face down. Out of the two dealer’s cards, one card is face up and other card is face down. If the initial two cards, either the player’s or the dealer’s, have one ace and a ten value card, then it is a blackjack, the highest hand. The player can take as many cards as he desires till he busts or ‘stands’ (chooses not to draw). A player looses if he busts even if the dealer busts later. If the dealers hand is closer to 21 than the player, the latter looses. If both have the same hand value, with neither of them busting, it is called a ‘push’ and nobody wins or looses. If the player has a blackjack and the dealer does not, then the dealer pays the player 1.5 times the original bet amount.