1.4  Blackjack – 21 Card Game

To play Blackjack, run the PLT Games program. (Under Unix, it’s called plt-games).

Standard Blackjack rules with the following specifics:

• 1 player (not counting the dealer).

• 4 decks, reshuffled after 3/4 of the cards are used.

• Dealer stands on soft 17s.

• Splitting is allowed only on the first two cards, and only if they are equal. 10 and the face cards are all considered equal for splitting.

• Doubling is allowed on all unsplit hands, not on split hands.

• No blackjacks after splitting.

• No surrender.

• No insurance.

• No maximum under-21 hand size.

• Dealer’s second card is not revealed if the player busts (or both halves of a split hand bust).