Count hard and soft hands
Numbered cards count as printed. Jacks, queens, and kings count as ten. An ace can count as one or eleven. Ace and six is a soft 17 because the ace can drop to one. Ten and seven is a hard 17. The table adjusts ace values automatically as more cards arrive.
Hit, stand, or double
Hit adds a card. Stand keeps your total. Double uses another equal amount of free chips, gives you exactly one additional card, and ends that hand. The full table offers these decisions at the appropriate point; double is an opening two-card action, rather than a way to keep drawing.
Split a matching opening pair
Matching card values can be split into separate hands with a free-chip amount on each. You then play those hands independently. This table supports up to four hands. Split aces get one extra card each, and a 21 reached after splitting is not paid as a natural blackjack.
Follow the dealer and the shoe
The game uses a six-deck shoe. The dealer stands on every 17, including soft 17. If you bust, your hand loses immediately. Otherwise a dealer bust wins your surviving hand, and equal totals push. The table checks the dealer’s opening hand for a natural when required.
Read blackjack and insurance
An opening ace with a ten-value card is a natural blackjack and pays 3:2 in virtual chips. A later three-card 21 is an ordinary 21. When the dealer shows an ace, the insurance option is a separate free-chip choice linked to the dealer’s natural. Read that option before selecting it.
Written for the original free games on this site. Rules can differ in other versions.