All wagers will pay equal time collection before each hand is played. The seated player will have the right to the first spot, and after that any other player can bet on any remaining seat. There is an optional buster bet bonus, where you bet on whether the player/dealer will bust or not. Each player’s hands are revealed starting from where the action button is placed, and compared with the Player/Dealer’s hand. For example, if the down card is a King, 13 spots will be counted, skipping the player/dealer each time. Each card is ranked from 1-13 and that many seats will be counted depending on the player/dealer’s down card. For example, if the Player/Dealer’s second card is an Ace, then the action starts on seat #1. The Player/Dealer’s second card determines where the action starts (payoff).

The player/dealer will draw cards until either a hard 17, soft 18 is made, or until the total is more than 21 (bust). Then the Player/Dealer will expose their second card. Each Player in turn (starting from seat #1) has the option to draw card(s), double down, split and surrender. The player/dealer position will be skipped and will receive his (or her) card last. A horizontal line drawn across the table behind the Player’s bet indicates the desire to surrender.Īll deals and draws start from the first occupied seat to the left of the dealer.A side-to-side hand motion, parallel to the table, indicates the desire to hit.A sweeping or tapping motion towards a Player’s body indicates the desire to hit.The following hand signals must be used to indicate a player’s desired action: Each Player has the option to be the Player/Dealer, for a maximum of two hands, starting from seat #1.Īt the initial deal, all players receive two cards face-up (face down in double deck games), and the Player/Dealer receives one card face up and one card face. Players have the option of drawing additional cards. Each Player will receive two cards on the initial deal. If the player/dealer receives a natural, the hand is over and all players’ hands are reconciled. Player objective is to form a hand whose sum is closer to 21 than the Player/Dealer’s hand, but does not exceed 21.Ī natural will beat any other non-natural 21, and consists of an ace and a card valued at 10, with the first 2 cards. All Players’ hands are compared with the Player/Dealer’s hand.Any two card hand consisting of any special natural ace with 10 or any face card is a natural and beats all other hands.260 cards in a five-deck shoe, and 416 cards in an eight-deck shoe. There are 104 cards in a double-deck game. The game is dealt with a standard 52–card deck. No Bust 21st Century Blackjack HOW TO PLAY

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