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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