Game Rules - Multiplayer Black Jack Directory

For example : Casino Lucky Dog
About game

Multi-user games provide the players with new opportunities, like real-time playing with multiple partners, or online chatting with other people while playing. This game version's rules differ a bit from the single-user version's, please see the details below.

Table

In BlackJack, a standard table with four player places is used. Each table in BlackJack has its name and its maximum and minimum bet limit. A big deck of four 52-card decks is used at the table.

Game

The player is getting cards from the dealer, trying to collect the score as close to 21 as possible, without exceeding. If the player has 21 in two cards after dealing, it means he has BlackJack. The BlackJack combination is ranked higher than simple 21.

This game version uses standard Las Vegas Strip rules, except for the following:

The deck is mixed after each game
You can split only once
If two Aces are split, each hand is given only one card, and if a hand gets 21, it is not considered BlackJack.

Game Description

At the beginning of each game, the dealer mixes the deck and suggests the players at the table to make the first bet.

Once all bets are made, the dealer starts the game and gives two cards to each players and himself. Only the first dealer's card is opened, the second one is hidden. The players' cards are dealt opened and can be seen by all other players at the table.

The player considers his cards and the dealer's opened card, and chooses an action:

"Hit" - the dealer gives one more card to the player

"Stand" - the player finishes playing and waits for the dealer to have played with all other players

"Double" - the player doubles the initial bet which is only possible if the player has only two cards. The player is given one card and stops.

"Split" - allows to split the player's cards into two hands. One more bet for the second hand is made. An extra card is given to each hand, and the player starts playing with each hand separately.

"Insurance" - insurance is available if the first dealer's opened card is "Ace" and the dealer is likely to be having "BlackJack". The player makes a special bet worth a half of the initial bet, and then the dealer's cards are checked. If the dealer is having BlackJack, the game is over, and the player is paid the insurance. Otherwise the game continues.


The hand is stopped playing with as soon as:

the player is having BlackJack
the player has stopped (Stand or Double)
the player busts, i.e. the score exceeds 21, so the player loses his bet
Then the dealer moves to the next player, until all players at the table have played with their cards.

After all players have played, the dealer opens his second card, and then starts taking more cards until he gets 17 or more, then stop.

As soon as the dealer stops, the cards of each player that does not have the excess are compared with the dealer's cards. Depending on the comparison, it is considered a win, a tie, or a loss, and the insurance is paid out, if any.

Peculiar Cases

A player should make a bet if he is sitting at the table. If the player is not participating, i.e. not making any bet, he automatically leaves the table and becomes a watcher.

The player is given a limited time to act. If the player does not start acting during that time, it is considered as a "connection failure": the player leaves the table and the bet comes back to the player's account.