Blackjack

Rules

Blackjack may be played with one to eight 52-card decks.
Aces may be counted as 1 or 11 points, 2 to 9 according to pip value, and tens and face cards count as ten points.
The value of a hand is the sum of the point values of the individual cards. Except, a "blackjack" is the highest hand, consisting of an ace and any 10-point card, and it outranks all other 21-point hands.
After the player has bet, the dealer will give two cards to each player and two cards to himself. One of the dealer cards is dealt face up. The facedown card is called the "hole card."
If the dealer has a ten or an ace showing, then he will peek at his facedown card to see if he has a blackjack. If he does, then he will turn it over immediately.
If the dealer does have a blackjack, then all wagers will lose, unless the player also has a blackjack, which will result in a push.

Play begins with the player's action. The following choices are available to the player:
- Stand: Player stands pat with his cards.
- Hit: Player draws another card (and more if he wishes). If this card causes the player's total points to exceed 21 (known as "breaking" or "busting") then he loses.
- Double: After receiving first two cards, player doubles his bet and gets one, and only one, more card.
- Split: If the player has a pair, or any two 10-point cards, then he may double his bet and separate his cards into two individual hands. The dealer will automatically give each hand a second card. Then, the player may hit, stand, or double normally. However, when splitting aces, each ace gets only one card. Sometimes doubling after splitting is not allowed. If the player gets a ten and ace after splitting, then it counts as 21 points, not a blackjack. Usually the player may keep re-splitting up to a total of four hands. Sometimes re-splitting aces is not allowed.
- Surrender: The player forfeits half his wager, keeping the other half, and does not play out his hand. This option is only available on the initial two cards, and depending on casino rules, sometimes it is not allowed at all.

After the player has had his turn, the dealer will turn over his hole card. If the dealer has 16 or less, then he will draw another card. A special situation is when the dealer has an ace and any number of cards totaling six points (known as a "soft 17"). At some tables, the dealer will also hit a soft 17.
If the dealer goes over 21 points, then any player who didn't already bust will win.
If the dealer does not bust, then the higher point total between the player and dealer will win.
Winning wagers pay even money, except a winning blackjack pays 3 to 2.

Gestures

Besides using various on-screen buttons, you can control the game with the following gestures:

Betting stage

Tap - Deal cards
Swipe right - Increase the bet by minimum bet amount
Swipe left - Decrease the bet by minimum bet amount
Swipe up - Bet maximum amount
Swipe down - Bet minimum amount

Play stage

Tap - Hit
Swipe right - Stand
Swipe left - Surrender
Swipe up - Double
Swipe down - Split

Settings

You can control the following table rules through the Settings menu:

Number of decks - choose any number from 1 to 8.

NOTE: the single deck is shuffled after each hand. In multi-deck, the cut card is inserted about 25% from the end of the shoe. The shoe is reshuffled after the round in which the cut card was riched ends.

Dealer hits on soft 17 - if selected, the dealer hits ace and any number of cards totaling six points (known as a "soft 17"). Otherwise dealer must stand on all 17.
Double after pair splitting - if selected, the player may double after splitting a pair.
Re-split of aces - if selected, the player may keep splitting aces upt o a total of four hands. Otherwise, a pair of aces may only be split once.
Hit split aces - if selected, the player may hit each hand after splitting a pair of aces. Oterwise, you only get one additional card for each ace.
No hole card - if selected, the dealer only gets one card, so there is no peeking for a potential Blackjack. Otherwise, the dealer gets a second card, face down.
Surrender - if selected, the player may surrender half of his wager. Otherwise, surrender is not allowed.
Table Limits - select a range of minimum and maximum bets.
Show rules on the table - if selected, the list of rules is displayed on the table.
Training Mode - select one of the Training Modes: None, Hint, Advise or Test

Training

This Blackjack game helps you learn, practice and test your knowledge of the basic strategies.

The following common abbreviations are used for the player's action:

H - Hit
S - Stand
P - Split
Dh - Double if possible, otherwise Hit
Ds - Double if possible, otherwise Stand
Rh - Surrender if possible, otherwise Hit
Rs - Surrender if possible, otherwise Stand
Rp - Surrender if possible, otherwise Split

Training Modes

None - No training. Just play and jnjoy the game!
Hint - The colored button with abbreviation for the best strategy will be displayed nect to the action bar.
Advise - The ? button will be displayed. When you need an advise, tap it to turn into the Hint.
Test - A bar with all possible strategies will be displayed. Tap the one you think is the best. If you are correct - a checkmark badge will be added to that button. If you are wrong - you'll see an X-mark badge, and you can make another guess.