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Slot Madness
Blackjack (Single-Deck)
Rule Authority:
InterCasino
Single-Deck Blackjack is played and programmed according to Atlantic
City blackjack rules.
Authority: New Jersey Casino Control Commission.
Rule Exceptions: The cards are shuffled after each hand, pairs may not
be re-split, and players may not draw additional cards on split Aces.
Premise:
In Single-Deck
Blackjack, you and the dealer (the computer) are
dealt two cards to start. The objective of Blackjack is to accumulate
cards that add up closer to 21 than that of the dealer's cards, without
going over 21.
Summary of rules:
- One 52-card deck
is used
- The deck is
re-shuffled after each hand
- Dealer draws to
soft 17's and stands on hard 17's
- Doubling after
splitting allowed
- No re-splitting
of cards allowed
- No surrender
- Only one
additional card allowed on each Ace when splitting a pair of Aces
How to play:
InterCasino
Single-Deck Blackjack is played with one fifty-two card
deck. After each game has been played, the used cards are shuffled back
into the deck. All face cards are valued at ten and the cards from 2-10
are valued as indicated. Aces can be valued at either one or eleven; if
counting the Ace as eleven would put the hand over twenty-one, the Ace
is automatically counted as one instead. You do not need to specify
which value the Ace has as it's always assumed to have the value that
makes the best hand. The value of a hand is the sum of the values of
the individual cards. For example, a hand containing a Jack, 3, and 4
has a value of 17.
Betting:
Your chips are stacked by denomination ($1, $5, $25, $100, $500) at the
bottom of the screen above your User label. Select the amount you would
like to wager on a given hand by clicking the left mouse button on the
chip of that denomination. The amount wagered per hand may be increased
or decreased by placing the mouse on the stack that you wish to add or
subtract to your bet. Each time you click the left mouse button you
will add a chip from that pile to your planned wager amount. Likewise
by clicking on the right mouse button you can decrease your planned
wager amount. You may repeat your last bet by simply hitting the "0"
button of your numeric keyboard. Other keyboard shortcuts are
summarized below. If you place a wager that is lower than the minimum
table bet limit, your bet amount will be automatically adjusted to the
minimum bet amount.
Once your bet has been placed, you will then receive two
cards face up. The dealer will receive one card face up and one face
down. Once you have been dealt your two cards (and based on the nature
of these cards) you can do the following by clicking with the left
mouse button on the appropriate button:
Hit:
This requests another
card. You can request a hit as
many times as you like, but if your total goes over twenty-one, you
will "bust" and lose the hand.
Stand:
This requests that you
receive no more cards. The hand as it currently stands will be judged
against the dealers.
Split:
This option will only
be active immediately after you receive your
first two cards. If you have two cards of the same denomination, a
Split button will appear. You can split your cards into two hands and
play each hand separately. Your original bet will be duplicated for the
new hand. Each hand will be played out as usual except when splitting
Aces, where only one additional card per hand is dealt. A white box
displaying your card total will appear over each hand indicating which
hand is active. The split option can only be used once per hand - you
cannot split part of a split hand. Any winning 21 obtained after
splitting a pair is paid 1-to-1.
Double Down:
This option will only be active immediately after you receive your
first two cards. If you select this option, three things will happen:
you will get exactly one more card, your turn will end, and your bet
will be doubled.
Insurance:
Whenever the dealer's
up-card is an Ace, the player has an option of
taking insurance for half the amount of the original bet. When you do
this, you are effectively betting that the dealer's unseen card is one
with a value of ten.
You may opt to take insurance by clicking on the "Insurance "
button. If you do not wish to take insurance, you simply click on the
"Pass" button to proceed with the rest of the hand.
By taking insurance, you are placing a side bet of half the
original wager. If the dealer does have a 10 ranking card (ie. a
natural blackjack), the player is immediately paid 2-to-1 on the
insurance bet, but the original wager is lost unless the player too has
a blackjack and pushes with the dealer.
If the dealer does not
have a natural twenty-one, the rest of
the hand is played out as usual and you will lose your insurance money.
If you win the hand,
you will get back your original bet plus the same amount in profit.
If you win with a natural blackjack, you will be paid off at
three-to-two odds, which means you get your original bet back plus 150%
profit. (So if you bet $50 and win with a natural twenty-one, you get
$50 (your bet) plus $75 (your bet plus half of your bet), which totals
to $125.
Payoffs:
| Result |
Payoff |
| Winning
Hand |
1
to 1 |
| Blackjack |
3
to 2 |
| Insurance |
2
to 1 |
Betting Limits:
$2 minimum initial
ante
$2,500 maximum bet.
Setting your table bet
limit:
You may also set your
table bet limit below the maximum
specified limit by selecting Bet Options from the Game Menu. The Modify
Table Bet Limit window will appear on the screen. To reduce your
maximum table bet limit type in the new limit in the appropriate box
and confirm it by typing your PIN in the box below. Click on the OK
button to complete the update. Please be aware that you can modify your
table bet limit no more than once per week (Friday 12:00 AM EST) and
that using the Modify Table Bet Limit function affects the bet limit
for all games and not just the game that you are currently playing.
Basic Blackjack Strategy:
Basic blackjack
strategy is defined as the proper play of cards
knowing only your hand and the dealer's exposed card. It does not
involve card counting or remembering which cards were played
previously. The basic blackjack strategy is created through intensive
computer simulations which perform a complete combinatorial analysis.
In this method, the computer "plays" tens of thousands of hands for
each Blackjack situation possible and statistically decides which
decision best favours the player.
Basic strategy is
usually printed as tables with the dealer's
up card the first row and your two card combination the first column.
The other entries in the table tell you what to do (Stand, Hit,
Double-Down, Split) with the different combinations of dealer and
player's hands. Basic blackjack strategy tables for InterCasino rules
(dealer stands on 17, double-down on any two cards, double after split
allowed, no re-splitting of cards allowed, no surrender) are shown
below for hard totals, soft totals, and pairs along with a legend.
Legend:
S - Stand
H - Hit
D - Double
Y - Yes, split
N - No, don't split
Numeric Keyboard Shortcuts:
| Keyboard Entry |
Action |
| 0 |
Repeat
last bet |
| Enter |
Deal,
Stand |
| + |
Hit |
| - |
Take
Insurance |
| * |
Double
Down |
| / |
Split |
| 1 |
Pass,
Refuse Insurance |
| Up
Arrow |
Increase
bet by $1 |
| Down
Arrow |
Decrease
bet by $1 |
| "Up
Arrow" |
Increase
bet by $10 |
| "Shift
Down Arrow" |
Decrease
bet by $10 |
For keyboards without
keypads, you must use the "Fn" key plus the shortcuts above (e.g. +
Enter). Please note that these keyboard shortcuts are offered as a
suggestion only. Some computers behave differently than others and
therefore we cannot guarantee that the shortcuts will apply to all
computers.
Note:
You may turn on/off
the Sound, Voice and Animation during the game by
clicking on the Options button located in the lower left-hand area of
the console. The setting is turned on when the checkbox is checked and
it is turned off when the checkbox is unchecked. You must exit and
re-enter the game to activate the Animation feature.
References:
For further
information on blackjack, please consult the following references:
Carlson, Bryce. Blackjack for Blood, Compustar Press, 1992.
Humble, Lance and Cooper, Carl. The World's Greatest Blackjack Book,
Doubleday, 1987.
Scoblete, Frank. Best Blackjack, Bonus Books, 1996.
Tamburin, Henry. Reference Guide to Casino Gambling, Research
Services Unlimited, 1993.
Uston, Ken. Million Dollar Blackjack, Carol Publishing Group,
1994.
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Rules by Inter Casino
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