BlackJack, also called “21″, is played with 6 decks of 52 cards. The dealer deals 2 cards to each player and 1 to the bank. In order to win, the player must get as close as possible to 21 with the value of his hand, without going over it. The value of the cards is the following: from 2 to 9 they maintain their nominal value, while the value of 10, jack, queen and king is10.
Player can chose between 1 and 11 for the value of the aces. For winning at blackjack you have to reach, or to get close, to the total value of 21 with your hand, that is with two cards. The dealer must pick up a card if he has totalized a maximum of 16, he has to stay if he reached the value of 17 or more. If both player and dealer reached the same total value, the game is not valid.
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Blackjack is a gambling game among the most practiced in the casino sites in the world. It’s played with one ore more poker card decks. One of the players acts as the dealer. In order to play among friends, a card deck can be enough, but playing in a casino imply using 6 decks, for a total of 312 cards.
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