Blackjack
Betting
You must place you bets before playing blackjack.
At the completion of each hand of blackjack the
previous bet will automatically be placed. You can
choose to use this bet and click the "deal" button
or change your bet (to increase your bet click on
the different value chips in the left corner and to
decrease your bet click on the chips in the middle
of the table).
Game Actions
Hit - Draw another card.
Stand - Stop at the current total and take no
more cards.
Double (Doubling Down) - This can only be done on
a two card hand with a rank of 9 - 11 (before
another card has been drawn). Doubling down allows
you to double your bet but you can receive only one
additional card to the hand.
Split (Splitting Pairs) - When you are dealt a
matching pair of cards (numerical value, example: 6
and 6 or Queen and King) you have the ability to
split the hand into two separate hands, and play
them independently. You are allowed to split pairs 2
times during a game, except that you can not resplit
on split Aces. When you split you bet the same
amount as the initial bet again on the new hand/s
(you will only be given the option to split pairs if
you have enough money to cover the extra bets).
Insurance - If the dealer's shown card is an Ace
the "Insurance" option will be offered and you can
bet up to half your original bet amount. The dealer
will check to see if their second card has a value
of 10, and if they do have Blackjack, your winning
Insurance bet will be paid at odds of 2:1. Insurance
is a side bet that has no influence on the original
bet. So if the dealer does have Blackjack you will
win the Insurance bet but unless you also have
Blackjack you will lose your original bet.
Auto Play
You can choose to use Auto Play - set your
blackjack preferences and let the computer play for
you. First you need to place your initial bet (this
will be the bet amount that is used for each hand in
autoplay). Then click on the "autoplay" button. You
can then select the "number of deals" for the
autoplay to do and when to stop (if you win or lose
a certain amount of money).
Read below for details on Auto Play Strategy and
Changing the Default Rules.
Auto Play Strategy
The blackjack autoplay strategy grid will show
you the current strategy that autoplay will use when
running. You can change the strategy to suit your
preferred game play.
You will see on the left hand side a list that
represents your hand. For example if you are dealt a
{7 and a 9} you will have 16. This means the
strategy will use the 3rd row from the top to use
for its rules.
Which rule it then uses is decided by the dealers
first card. If the dealer is dealt an 8, from the
above grid you can see the autoplay function will
HIT.
Please note that a 10, Jack, Queen and King all
count as a 10.
On the left hand column you will also notice a
section from Soft 20 to Soft 13. A SOFT hand is a
hand that contains an Ace that at the time can be
counted as an 11. For example:
Hand |
Value |
Soft |
Ace, 8 |
19 or 9 |
Yes |
Ace, 8, 10 Value Card |
19 |
No |
Ace, 6, 3 |
20 or 10 |
Yes |
Ace, 5, 8 |
14 |
No |
Ace, Ace, 8 |
20 or 10 |
Yes |
Ace, Ace, 8, 8 |
18 |
No |
Any soft hands as they contain an ace that can
either be a 1 or 11, are chosen from this part of
the guide. Again the dealer card is used to make the
final decision.
The final section on the left hand column
(pairs), are used when the first two cards you are
dealt are the same. Remember, 10, Jacks, Queens, and
Kings are all the same for pairs. So a Jack and
Queen is a pair.
Changing the Default Strategy Rules
Any rule can be changed by you. To change a rule,
click on the one you want to change. A menu will
appear.
The actions you can take change for different
sections.
You can HIT and STAND on any grid decision. You
can only DOUBLE, SURRENDER and SPLIT when you have
two cards. When you have a third card you can no
longer use these options.
You will see when you select double or surrender
or split (for pairs) that the menu will become
restricted (in the cards section, to 2 cards). You
can then choose an option (under ELSE) for hands
that are greater than 2 cards.
Using these options supplied to you in the menu
you can make up many different decisions. Once you
have changed one or more options you click the save
button to save the options. If at any time you ever
wish to revert to the default options, just click
the "default" button at the bottom of the screen.
If you change a set decision from the default, a
small black pointer will appear. This simply means
you have changed this rule from the default rule. |