Atlassino Academy · Blackjack · Lesson 6
The decision you face on most blackjack hands, worked out for the catalogue of games the Superintendencia de Casinos de Juego (SCJ) sets for every casino in Chile.
A lesson of the blackjack track. It assumes you know how a hand of blackjack goes. The lessons before it teach that: what the cards count.
You hold a 10 and a 2. The dealer shows a 6. Do you take a card?
On a hard 12 to 16, stand when the dealer shows 2 to 6 and take a card when the dealer shows 7 to ace — hit 12 when the dealer shows a 2 or a 3, and take the retiro on 14, 15 or 16 against a 10 and on 16 against a 9. On a hard 10 or 11, double against a 2 to 9 and hit against a 10 or an ace; on a hard 9, double against a 3 to 6 and hit otherwise. On a hard 8 or less, hit. On a hard 17 or more, stand.
Leoformer dealer · rules and maths
Your gut says hit: twelve feels like nothing to stand on. Stand anyway. The reason is a number, not a hunch — how often a dealer showing a 6 goes over 21.
The cards come out of a shoe of six decks shuffled together. Every hand goes through the same five steps.
A dealer showing a 6 goes over 21 on 42.3% of hands. That is often, and it is still less than half the time: standing on 12 against a 6 is the better bet, not a sure thing.
Leoformer dealer · rules and maths
Look at the order again. You act first, and going over 21 takes your bet right there, even when the dealer goes over a moment later. That order — you first, the dealer second — is where the house edge comes from.
Hard means the hand has one total and only one: there is no ace in the hand, or the ace has to count as 1. A hand where an ace can still count as 11 is soft, and soft hands are a lesson of their own.
Leoformer dealer · rules and maths
While you play, the dealer has one card on the felt and none of the cards still to come. That one face-up card decides how the dealer’s hand is likely to end, and the whole chart is built on it.
| Dealer shows | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | Blackjack | Over 21 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weak cards: 2 to 6 | |||||||
| 2 | 14.0 | 13.4 | 13.0 | 12.4 | 11.8 | – | 35.4 |
| 3 | 13.4 | 13.1 | 12.5 | 12.1 | 11.5 | – | 37.4 |
| 4 | 13.1 | 12.4 | 12.1 | 11.6 | 11.2 | – | 39.6 |
| 5 | 12.2 | 12.2 | 11.8 | 11.2 | 10.8 | – | 41.8 |
| 6 | 16.6 | 10.6 | 10.6 | 10.2 | 9.7 | – | 42.3 |
| Strong cards: 7 to ace | |||||||
| 7 | 36.9 | 13.8 | 7.8 | 7.9 | 7.4 | – | 26.2 |
| 8 | 12.9 | 36.0 | 12.9 | 6.9 | 6.9 | – | 24.4 |
| 9 | 12.0 | 11.7 | 35.2 | 12.0 | 6.1 | – | 22.9 |
| 10 | 11.2 | 11.2 | 11.2 | 34.0 | 3.5 | 7.7 | 21.2 |
| Ace | 13.0 | 13.1 | 13.1 | 13.1 | 5.4 | 30.9 | 11.5 |
Each row of the table is one face-up card, and the last column is how often the dealer’s hand ends over 21. Read down that column and the ten cards split into two groups, with the split between the 6 and the 7.
The dealer goes over 21 on 35.4% to 42.3% of hands.
So on a hard 13 to 16 you stand and let the dealer take that risk. A hard 12 stands too, except against a 2 or a 3.
The dealer goes over 21 on only 11.5% to 26.2% of hands.
So on a hard 12 to 16 you take a card yourself, or, on 14 to 16 against a 10 and on 16 against a 9, give the hand up for half: waiting for the dealer to go over 21 is a poor bet against a strong card.
Three rules cover every hard hand you will be dealt.
Six decks · the dealer stands on every 17 · blackjack pays 3 to 2 · double on 9, 10 or 11 · retiro, except against an ace · the dealer’s second card comes after you play · house edge 0.36% with the full chart, soft hands and pairs included
| Hard | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | A |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5–8 | H | H | H | H | H | H | H | H | H | H |
| 9 | H | Dh | Dh | Dh | Dh | H | H | H | H | H |
| 10 | Dh | Dh | Dh | Dh | Dh | Dh | Dh | Dh | H | H |
| 11 | Dh | Dh | Dh | Dh | Dh | Dh | Dh | Dh | H | H |
| 12 | H | H | S | S | S | H | H | H | H | H |
| 13 | S | S | S | S | S | H | H | H | H | H |
| 14 | S | S | S | S | S | H | H | H | Rh | H |
| 15 | S | S | S | S | S | H | H | H | Rh | H |
| 16 | S | S | S | S | S | H | H | Rh | Rh | H |
| 17+ | S | S | S | S | S | S | S | S | S | S |
Find your hard total down the left edge of the chart, then read across to the card the dealer shows: the letters in that cell are your move. Where the chart says “surrender”, the table calls it the retiro.
Leoformer dealer · rules and maths
Three habits come up at the table again and again, and each of the three has a price per hand that can be measured.
Every amount below is for an example bet of 10 units. The bet is an example, not a suggestion: bet twice as much and each mistake costs roughly twice as much. Amounts are in betting units, not pesos: a unit can stand for any amount, and the arithmetic is the same at any scale.
each time you stand on 16 against a 7. Standing on 14 against a 9 costs 1.13 units, and standing on 12 against a 7 costs 2.61 units. Standing feels safe because you cannot go over 21 — but a hand under 17 is paid only when the dealer goes over 21, and against a strong card the dealer usually does not.
Fix: on 12 to 16 against 7 to ace, take the card, or the retiro where the chart shows it.
each time you hit 16 against a 6, and hitting 13 against a 6 costs 0.83 units. Hard 12 is the exception, and the exception runs the other way: standing on 12 against a 2 costs 0.40 units, and standing on 12 against a 3 costs 0.20 units.
Fix: against 2 to 6, stand on 13 to 16 — and stand on 12 against a 4, 5 or 6.
each time you double 11 against a 10, and doubling it against an ace costs 3.26 units, on the reading that a dealer blackjack, coming after you play, takes the double too. The other way round, hitting 11 against a 6 instead of doubling costs 3.39 units.
Fix: double 11 against a 2 to 9, hit it against a 10 or an ace. The second bet can still lose, and over all hands the house keeps its edge.
The hand players find hardest is the one where the table gives you a third way out. On an example bet of 10 units, standing and hitting lose almost the same, and the retiro, half the bet given up on your turn, loses less than either: it does better than hitting by 0.71 units a hand.
Each bar is the average loss of one move on the same hand, 16 against a 10. Standing and hitting are almost the same length, which is what a coin toss looks like in money; the retiro is the shortest bar, and the chart only picks the smallest of the three losses.
Researchers who watched players at real tables found the same pattern: most mistakes were on the careful side, standing where the chart says hit (Keren and Wagenaar, 1985; Carlin and Robinson, 2009).
Mayaformer floor supervisor · manners, money and breaks
Knowing the chart is half of playing a hand well. The other half is the table’s own rules: when your bet must be down, and who gets to decide your hand.
What you bet on one hand, times the hands the table deals in an hour, times the share of every bet the house keeps, makes what an hour costs on average.
Played by the full chart — these hard totals plus soft hands and pairs — these rules still leave the house a share of every bet, and every move off the chart makes that share bigger. Of the three numbers that multiply, the share is the only one you cannot change: the bet is yours to set, and the pace is the table’s. What the three make is an average over many evenings, and a single evening can land far above that average or far below it.
Mayaformer floor supervisor · manners, money and breaks
Two habits matter more than any chart. Decide your time and your budget before you sit down, and take the break when the time is up.
A losing streak is not a debt the table owes you: betting more to get the money back only makes the hour dearer. And if the money on the table starts to feel like money you need, or you play to get away from something, stop there and read the box below: it says where self-exclusion and the regulator are reached.
If gambling stops being fun, the SCJ self-exclusion applies in every casino in the country. Minimum entry age: 18 (age of majority under Law 19.221; Law 19.995 bars minors from gaming rooms). The casino may ask for an official ID. More on responsible gaming.
That is the lesson. Here it is on one card: print the card, or keep it on your phone. Ask the dealer before you put the card on the table.
Six decks · the dealer stands on every 17 · blackjack pays 3 to 2 · double on 9, 10 or 11 · retiro, except against an ace · the dealer’s second card comes after you play
| Hard | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | A |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5–8 | H | H | H | H | H | H | H | H | H | H |
| 9 | H | Dh | Dh | Dh | Dh | H | H | H | H | H |
| 10 | Dh | Dh | Dh | Dh | Dh | Dh | Dh | Dh | H | H |
| 11 | Dh | Dh | Dh | Dh | Dh | Dh | Dh | Dh | H | H |
| 12 | H | H | S | S | S | H | H | H | H | H |
| 13 | S | S | S | S | S | H | H | H | H | H |
| 14 | S | S | S | S | S | H | H | H | Rh | H |
| 15 | S | S | S | S | S | H | H | H | Rh | H |
| 16 | S | S | S | S | S | H | H | Rh | Rh | H |
| 17+ | S | S | S | S | S | S | S | S | S | S |
18+ across Chile · Set a limit before you sit down · Play responsibly · the regulator’s number is at Helplines
Cards come from a shuffled 6-deck shoe, dealt in the order from the five steps above. Decide with the buttons or the keys H, S, D and R, and the table says what the chart does, why, and what each choice costs on average — for an example bet of 10 units unless you pick another bet. The lesson is one run: every square on the strip below is one hand of it, and they are all there from the start. Only your first move on each hand is scored, and when a level’s squares are full the next level begins by itself. Level 1 deals hard 12 to 16.
These are the rules the Superintendencia de Casinos de Juego (SCJ) sets for every casino in Chile; this table answers by the chart for those rules. The bet is only an example for the amounts shown, not a suggested bet.
Dealer
You
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Dealer shows a 7
You hard 16
The chart says: Hit.
Hard 16 against a 7: The dealer card is strong: standing on 16 loses whenever the dealer finishes on 17 or more, 73.8% of hands against a 7.
Average result per hand on an example bet of 10 units (a minus means money lost): stand −4.77 units · hit −4.09 units. Standing instead costs about 0.68 units more each time.
One strip, no rounds. Every square on the strip is one hand of this lesson, and they are all there from the start. The square shows your first move on that hand: right first time, or a mistake. Later moves in the same hand are checked and explained, but the square keeps your first answer. When a level’s squares are full the next level begins by itself, with no button in between.
Example bet. The amounts are averages for the example bet you pick: 5 units, 10 units or 25 units. At a bet twice as large, each amount is about twice as much. The bet is only there to show amounts: there is no balance, and nothing adds up from one hand to the next.
Practice. Each mistake on a first move goes on your list (up to 30 hands). Practising deals those hands again. When you answer one right, it leaves the list, and any cross it has on the strip changes to “fixed in practice”. Practice does not change the count: only your first answer on each hand does.
Table rules. The table plays the rules of the catalogue of games. The dealer’s second card comes after you play, so the table shows it only when the dealer’s turn begins, and the retiro, R, is offered against every card but an ace. The correct play is the chart’s cell for these rules, and the averages come from the same engine as the chart. A double here is always the full size of your bet. Level 1: hard 12 to 16 against every dealer card. Level 2: hard 5 to 19, doubles included. Level 3: hard 9 to 16 against every dealer card; the clock is optional. A hand that turns soft after a hit is shown with the chart’s play but not graded; the shoe is reshuffled when about a quarter is left. There is no money on this table: the amounts are averages for the example bet, and only your decisions are counted.
Mayaformer floor supervisor · manners, money and breaks
Five quick ones. Pick an answer, then check it. No timer, no points: just whether it stuck.
18+ across Chile · Play responsibly · the help box is further up this page
Rules. The national catalogue of games that the Superintendencia de Casinos de Juego (SCJ) sets for every casino in Chile: six decks, the dealer stands on every 17, blackjack pays 3 to 2, a double on a two-card 9, 10 or 11, also after a split, the retiro for half the bet except against an ace, and every card dealt face up, the dealer’s second card after the players. The catalogue does not say whether a dealer blackjack also takes a double or a split; the figures assume that it does, the costlier reading. It is a preset for learning, not a statement about any one casino.
Numbers. Every figure on this page is worked out when the page is built, by our blackjack engine. The chart gives, for each hard total, the play with the higher average result over all two-card hands of that total, pairs aside. A mistake’s cost is the average result of the chart’s play minus that of the mistake, per hand, for an example bet of 10 units, with each average rounded to the hundredth first, so a cost is always the difference of the two amounts shown. Against a 10 or an ace the averages include the hands where the dealer makes a blackjack, because at these tables that card comes after you play. The house edge assumes the full chart, soft hands and pairs included, and cards shuffled after every hand; with a cut card it is a little higher, and every move off the chart raises it.
The dealer’s table. The dealer’s second card is dealt after the players, so blackjack is an outcome of its own. Your own two cards stay in the shoe; with them taken out the figures shift a little. A row may not add up to exactly 100 because of rounding.
Hosts. Leo and Maya are illustrated characters. Their backstories, a former dealer and a former floor supervisor, are written for the course: neither is a real person, and neither speaks for any casino. The rules and numbers on this page come from the sources it cites, not from their experience.
No promise. Blackjack is played against the house. The chart lowers the price of playing; nothing on this page makes it free or tells you how an evening will end.
The dealer’s second card
Cuando se hayan efectuado todas las apuestas el croupier distribuye una carta a cada mano, comenzando por su izquierda y siguiendo el sentido de las agujas del reloj. Luego el mismo se da una carta.Free translation: When all the bets have been placed, the dealer deals one card to each hand, starting from his left and proceeding clockwise. Then he deals himself a card.
Todas las cartas se distribuyen siempre descubiertas.Free translation: All cards are always dealt face up.
Una vez que los jugadores han hecho su juego, el croupier termina su mano, dándose a sí mismo una o varias cartasFree translation: Once the players have made their play, the dealer finishes his hand, giving himself one or several cards
Section III.1 Black Jack, Distribución de cartas; a) Juego simple
Doubling
Cuando el jugador obtiene 9,10 u 11 puntos con las dos primeras cartas, tiene la opción de incrementar su apuesta original.Free translation: When the player obtains 9,10 or 11 points with the first two cards, he has the option of increasing his original bet.
Cuando se aumenta la apuesta el jugador tiene derecho a una sola carta adicional.Free translation: When the bet is increased, the player is entitled to only one additional card.
Section III.1 Black Jack, e) Apuesta doble
Bets
Antes de que se distribuya carta alguna el croupier invita a los jugadores a apostar. Los jugadores hacen sus apuestas colocando el importe de las mismas en fichas en el punto de apuesta marcado en el paño.Free translation: Before any card is dealt, the dealer invites the players to bet. Players make their bets by placing the amount of them in chips on the betting spot marked on the layout.
Las apuestas rechazadas por el croupier, después del “no más apuestas”, no tendrán valor, cualquiera que sea su monto, quedando nulas.Free translation: Bets rejected by the dealer after "no more bets" shall have no value, whatever their amount, and are void.
Section III.1 Black Jack (modalidad Black Jack o Veintiuno); I. Cuestiones generales
No puede realizar más apuestas, ni retirar, disminuir o aumentar su apuesta, una vez que el croupier haya dado inicio al pase.Free translation: You may not make further bets, nor withdraw, reduce or increase your bet, once the dealer has started the round.
Section III.1 Black Jack (modalidad Black Jack o Veintiuno); I. Cuestiones generales
Order of the deal
Cuando se hayan efectuado todas las apuestas el croupier distribuye una carta a cada mano, comenzando por su izquierda y siguiendo el sentido de las agujas del reloj. Luego el mismo se da una carta.Free translation: When all the bets have been placed, the dealer deals one card to each hand, starting from his left and proceeding clockwise. Then he deals himself a card.
Después se distribuye una segunda carta a cada mano de los jugadores, siempre en el mismo orden.Free translation: Then a second card is dealt to each player's hand, always in the same order.
Section III.1 Black Jack (modalidad Black Jack o Veintiuno); I. Cuestiones generales
Cuando se hayan efectuado todas las apuestas el croupier distribuye una carta a cada mano, comenzando por su izquierda y siguiendo el sentido de las agujas del reloj. Luego el mismo se da una carta.Free translation: When all the bets have been placed, the dealer deals one card to each hand, starting from his left and proceeding clockwise. Then he deals himself a card.
Todas las cartas se distribuyen siempre descubiertas.Free translation: All cards are always dealt face up.
Una vez que los jugadores han hecho su juego, el croupier termina su mano, dándose a sí mismo una o varias cartasFree translation: Once the players have made their play, the dealer finishes his hand, giving himself one or several cards
Section III.1 Black Jack, Distribución de cartas; a) Juego simple
Your options and who decides
Cuando se aumenta la apuesta el jugador tiene derecho a una sola carta adicional.Free translation: When the bet is increased, the player is entitled to only one additional card.
Section III.1 Black Jack (modalidad Black Jack o Veintiuno); I. Cuestiones generales
Un jugador puede usar la opción de retiro después de haber recibido sus dos cartas iniciales, manifestándolo expresamente en el momento en le corresponda su turno en la ronda de entrega de cartas adicionalesFree translation: A player may use the surrender option after having received his two initial cards, stating it expressly when his turn comes in the round of dealing additional cards
El jugador que use la opción de retiro pierde la mitad de sus apuestas (50%) y debe renunciar al juego.Free translation: The player who uses the surrender option loses half of his bets (50%) and must give up the hand.
El retiro no procede cuando la primera carta descubierta del croupier es un as.Free translation: Surrender is not allowed when the dealer's first face-up card is an ace.
Antes de proceder al retiro, el croupier paga el monto equivalente al 50% de las apuestasFree translation: Before proceeding with the surrender, the dealer pays the amount equivalent to 50% of the bets
Section III.1 Black Jack, f) Retiro
Un jugador no puede jugar la mano de otro.Free translation: A player may not play another player's hand.
No pueden interferir en la decisión de otro jugador (plantarse, abrir, doblar, asegurarse o retirarse),Free translation: They may not interfere in another player's decision (to stand, open, double down, take insurance or fold),
Section III.1 Black Jack (modalidad Black Jack o Veintiuno); I. Cuestiones generales
The dealer’s rule
Considerando que el croupier saca cartas con 16 puntos o menos y se planta con 17 puntosFree translation: Considering that the dealer draws cards with 16 points or fewer and stands on 17 points
Cuando el croupier tiene un as entre sus cartas, debe contarlo como once (11) puntos si con este valor alcanza 17 o másFree translation: When the dealer has an ace among his cards, he must count it as eleven (11) points if with this value he reaches 17 or more
Section III.1 Black Jack, Pedida de cartas
Con 17 puntos o más Debe plantarse, es decir, no pedir carta adicionalFree translation: With 17 points or more, must stand, that is, not ask for an additional card
Con 16 puntos o menos Debe tomar más cartas hasta que el total de su puntuación alcance 17 o másFree translation: With 16 points or fewer, must take more cards until the total score reaches 17 or more
Section III.1 Black Jack (modalidad Black Jack o Veintiuno); I. Cuestiones generales
La banca tiene una carta menor a 10 y en la mesa solo quedan jugadores con una o dos manos con Black Jack. En este caso, la banca no tomará ninguna carta adicional y pagará las apuestas.Free translation: The house has a card lower than 10 and at the table only players with one or two hands with Black Jack remain. In this case, the house will not take any additional card and will pay the bets.
Si el croupier se hubiera pasado de 21 puntos paga todas las apuestas que aún estén sobre el tapete.Free translation: If the dealer has gone over 21 points he pays all the bets still on the layout.
Section III.1 Black Jack (modalidad Black Jack o Veintiuno); I. Cuestiones generales
Payouts
Si el jugador hace un juego diferente a Black Jack 1 a 1 (a la par)Free translation: If the player makes a hand other than Black Jack, 1 to 1 (even money)
Section III.1 Black Jack (modalidad Black Jack o Veintiuno); I. Cuestiones generales
Cuando una mano obtiene una puntuación superior a 21 pierde, el croupier recoge inmediatamente esa apuesta y las cartas antes de pasar a la mano siguiente, en que se procede de la misma forma.Free translation: When a hand obtains a score above 21 it loses, and the dealer immediately collects that bet and the cards before moving on to the next hand, which is handled in the same way.
Section III.1 Black Jack (modalidad Black Jack o Veintiuno); I. Cuestiones generales
Si el jugador hace Black Jack 1 a 1 (a la par) 1a1 3a2Free translation: If the player makes Black Jack, 1 to 1 (even money) 1a1 3a2
Section III.1 Black Jack, Pago de apuestas, a) General
The goal of the game
El Black Jack es un juego de cartas cuyo objeto es alcanzar veintiún puntos o acercarse a ellos sin pasar de este límite. Los participantes juegan a ganarle al croupier y no necesariamente a obtener veintiún puntos.Free translation: Black Jack is a card game whose object is to reach twenty-one points or get close to them without going over this limit. The participants play to beat the dealer and not necessarily to obtain twenty-one points.
Section III.1 Black Jack (modalidad Black Jack o Veintiuno); I. Cuestiones generales
Card values
En este juego las figuras valen diez puntos, el as un punto u once, según convenga al jugador o al croupier, y las otras cartas tienen su valor nominal.Free translation: In this game the face cards are worth ten points, the ace one point or eleven, as suits the player or the dealer, and the other cards have their face value.
Section III.1 Black Jack (modalidad Black Jack o Veintiuno); I. Cuestiones generales
Blackjack
tienen una cuenta de 21 con dos cartas, jugada denominada “Black Jack”.Free translation: have a count of 21 with two cards, a play called "Black Jack".
Section III.1 Black Jack (modalidad Black Jack o Veintiuno); I. Cuestiones generales
Si el jugador hace Black Jack 1 a 1 (a la par) 1a1 3a2Free translation: If the player makes Black Jack, 1 to 1 (even money) 1a1 3a2
Section III.1 Black Jack, Pago de apuestas, a) General
Going over 21
Cuando una mano obtiene una puntuación superior a 21 pierde, el croupier recoge inmediatamente esa apuesta y las cartas antes de pasar a la mano siguiente, en que se procede de la misma forma.Free translation: When a hand obtains a score above 21 it loses, and the dealer immediately collects that bet and the cards before moving on to the next hand, which is handled in the same way.
Section III.1 Black Jack (modalidad Black Jack o Veintiuno); I. Cuestiones generales
Doubling down
Cuando el jugador obtiene 9,10 u 11 puntos con las dos primeras cartas, tiene la opción de incrementar su apuesta original.Free translation: When the player obtains 9,10 or 11 points with the first two cards, he has the option of increasing his original bet.
Cuando se aumenta la apuesta el jugador tiene derecho a una sola carta adicional.Free translation: When the bet is increased, the player is entitled to only one additional card.
Section III.1 Black Jack, e) Apuesta doble
The retiro
Un jugador puede usar la opción de retiro después de haber recibido sus dos cartas iniciales, manifestándolo expresamente en el momento en le corresponda su turno en la ronda de entrega de cartas adicionalesFree translation: A player may use the surrender option after having received his two initial cards, stating it expressly when his turn comes in the round of dealing additional cards
El jugador que use la opción de retiro pierde la mitad de sus apuestas (50%) y debe renunciar al juego.Free translation: The player who uses the surrender option loses half of his bets (50%) and must give up the hand.
El retiro no procede cuando la primera carta descubierta del croupier es un as.Free translation: Surrender is not allowed when the dealer's first face-up card is an ace.
Antes de proceder al retiro, el croupier paga el monto equivalente al 50% de las apuestasFree translation: Before proceeding with the surrender, the dealer pays the amount equivalent to 50% of the bets
Section III.1 Black Jack, f) Retiro
Six decks
Para la modalidad Black Jack se usarán 6 barajas de 52 cartas cada una, tres de un color y tres de otroFree translation: For the Black Jack variant, 6 decks of 52 cards each will be used, three of one color and three of another
Section III.1 Black Jack, 1.4.1 Barajas
How the dealer’s hand ends
Worked out: for each face-up card, every order in which the dealer’s next cards can come out of a six-deck shoe with that card taken out, following the dealer rule of the catalogue of games.
Para la modalidad Black Jack se usarán 6 barajas de 52 cartas cada una, tres de un color y tres de otroFree translation: For the Black Jack variant, 6 decks of 52 cards each will be used, three of one color and three of another
Section III.1 Black Jack, 1.4.1 Barajas
Considerando que el croupier saca cartas con 16 puntos o menos y se planta con 17 puntosFree translation: Considering that the dealer draws cards with 16 points or fewer and stands on 17 points
Cuando el croupier tiene un as entre sus cartas, debe contarlo como once (11) puntos si con este valor alcanza 17 o másFree translation: When the dealer has an ace among his cards, he must count it as eleven (11) points if with this value he reaches 17 or more
Section III.1 Black Jack, Pedida de cartas
The dealer’s second card
Cuando se hayan efectuado todas las apuestas el croupier distribuye una carta a cada mano, comenzando por su izquierda y siguiendo el sentido de las agujas del reloj. Luego el mismo se da una carta.Free translation: When all the bets have been placed, the dealer deals one card to each hand, starting from his left and proceeding clockwise. Then he deals himself a card.
Todas las cartas se distribuyen siempre descubiertas.Free translation: All cards are always dealt face up.
Una vez que los jugadores han hecho su juego, el croupier termina su mano, dándose a sí mismo una o varias cartasFree translation: Once the players have made their play, the dealer finishes his hand, giving himself one or several cards
Section III.1 Black Jack, Distribución de cartas; a) Juego simple
Bets
Antes de que se distribuya carta alguna el croupier invita a los jugadores a apostar. Los jugadores hacen sus apuestas colocando el importe de las mismas en fichas en el punto de apuesta marcado en el paño.Free translation: Before any card is dealt, the dealer invites the players to bet. Players make their bets by placing the amount of them in chips on the betting spot marked on the layout.
Las apuestas rechazadas por el croupier, después del “no más apuestas”, no tendrán valor, cualquiera que sea su monto, quedando nulas.Free translation: Bets rejected by the dealer after "no more bets" shall have no value, whatever their amount, and are void.
Section III.1 Black Jack (modalidad Black Jack o Veintiuno); I. Cuestiones generales
No puede realizar más apuestas, ni retirar, disminuir o aumentar su apuesta, una vez que el croupier haya dado inicio al pase.Free translation: You may not make further bets, nor withdraw, reduce or increase your bet, once the dealer has started the round.
Section III.1 Black Jack (modalidad Black Jack o Veintiuno); I. Cuestiones generales
Who decides
Un jugador no puede jugar la mano de otro.Free translation: A player may not play another player's hand.
No pueden interferir en la decisión de otro jugador (plantarse, abrir, doblar, asegurarse o retirarse),Free translation: They may not interfere in another player's decision (to stand, open, double down, take insurance or fold),
Section III.1 Black Jack (modalidad Black Jack o Veintiuno); I. Cuestiones generales
One card after a double
Cuando se aumenta la apuesta el jugador tiene derecho a una sola carta adicional.Free translation: When the bet is increased, the player is entitled to only one additional card.
Section III.1 Black Jack (modalidad Black Jack o Veintiuno); I. Cuestiones generales