How to Play

Dealing

Click Deal button to start dealing cards. Once the button is pressed, both you and the Dealer are dealt two cards. You receive cards face up, the Dealer – one card face down, the other one – face up.

If you play multiple hands, several hands will be dealt to you. For each hand, two cards are dealt face up. In this case each hand will be treated separately.

Note: If you are dealt Blackjack, you are immediately paid 1.5 times the placed bet, unless the Dealer also has Blackjack, in which case it is a Push.

The Dealer starts playing his hand once all the player’s hands are completed. The Dealer stands on 17.

Game Options

To proceed with the game:

• Click Surrender button if you are not satisfied with the first two cards dealt to you and do not want to continue the game. You can surrender only after the Dealer checks for Blackjack. If the Dealer has a Blackjack, you are not allowed to surrender. Upon Surrender you receive half of the initial bet back and the game round is over.
• Click Hit button to draw an additional card to a hand (You may draw as many cards as required. If the total reaches 21, you are not allowed to hit any more. If your hand busts (its total exceeds 21), this hand is removed from the table and you lose).
• Click Stand button to stop drawing cards to a hand
• Click Double button to make use of 'double' option. You may use this option once being dealt two cards. Once Double control is clicked, your original bet amount will be doubled and you’ll be dealt one more card. No more cards can be drawn for this hand.

Split – If first two cards are of the same value (two Aces, two Sevens, etc), you may use ‘Split’ option. Jack, King, Queen have value of 10, therefore two face cards are considered to be acceptable for splitting. This rule applies if you have a Jack and a Ten, for example, or a King and a Ten. Once Split control is clicked, your hand is split into two separate hands. One card is dealt from the shoe to each of two hands, and one more bet is placed on the betting area, equal to the original bet. Each hand formed is treated as usual. It is allowed to split a hand only once.

Insurance – This option becomes available if the Dealer’s up card is an Ace. In this case, a player has the possibility to insure against the dealer’s Blackjack.
‘Insurance’ message, ‘Yes’ and ‘No’ controls appear on the game table.

To make an Insurance bet click the Yes button. In this case an additional bet will be placed, equal to half your initial bet.

• If the Dealer does have a Blackjack, you lose the original bet but your insurance returns 2 to 1. The game continues in its normal way.
• If the Dealer does not have Blackjack, Stand, Hit and Double buttons become available to proceed with the game.
  

Note: To start playing a new game round, click New Game button. To repeat the bets placed in the previous round, use Repeat control.