Blackjack

... Recommend this game to a friend.

Also known as "21" ... the object of the game is to get the closest to 21. Note that this principal of gambling was known long before playing card were even invented. An ace counts one or 11 at the option of the holder, and face cards count 10 each. If you get higher than the dealer without going over, you win. So be smart, and don't gamble. If you do and win, remember that the owner of the - establishment - (that's me) usually gets an appropriate cut.

Blackjack, also known as Twenty-one, Vingt-et-un (French for Twenty-one), or Pontoon, is the most widely played casino banking game in the world. The standard game is played with one or more Anglo-American decks containing 52 cards. The basic rules of the game involve adding the value of an initial two card hand in hopes of being dealt a value of twenty-one. Now if a value of less than twenty-one is dealt, the player may choose to be dealt single cards until he either reaches a value of twenty one, reaches a value he feels comfortable to play, or reaches a value that exceeds twenty-one. The winner holds a hand with a value of, or nearest to, twenty-one without exceeding it. The game is played in many variations at casinos with different table rules. Much of blackjack's popularity is due to the mix of chance, skill, and the publicity that surrounds card counting, i.e. calculating the probability of advantages based on the ratio of high cards to low cards. That's about all I'm going to tell you; you can research the rest.