More Rules of Blackjack
As soon as all the bets are down, two cards one after one are dealt from left to right. In many Vegas casinos, players get both cards face down. In Atlantic City and most every where else the player's cards are dealt face up. If the cards are dealt face up then you don't make the mistake of touching them, to prevent many types of player cheating cards are sometime dealt face up.
The dealer receives one card down and one card up. The numerical values of the cards are: (10, J, Q, K) = 10 ; (Ace) = 1 or 11 ; (other cards) = face value (3 = 3). Since a casino can be very noisy, hand signals are usually the preferred method of
signaling hit, stand, etc.
There are very simple rules by which the deal should play the game. If the dealer's hand is 16 or less, he/she must take a card. If the dealer's hand is 17 or more, he/she must stand. Note that some casinos allow the dealer to hit on soft 17 which gives the house a very small additional advantage. As far as hitting and standing is concerned the dealers strategy is fixed and it dose not matter to him as to what any other players have in there hand.
If you have a pair that you want to split and your cards are dealt face down, turn them over and place them a few inches apart. If your cards were dealt face up, point to your cards and say "split" when the dealer prompts you for a card. The original bet will go with one card and you will have to place an equal amount of chips in the betting box near the other card. You are now playing two hands, each as though they were regular hands with the exception being that if you have just split two aces. In that case, you only get one card which will hopefully be a 10. If it is a ten, that hand's total is now 21 but the hand isn't considered a
Blackjack.
Insurance comes into play when the dealer's up card is an Ace. If a player wants insurance, half the original amount bet is placed on the semicircle labeled "insurance" which is printed on the table.
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