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Multi-Hand Blackjack
Rule Authority:
InterCasino Blackjack is played and
programmed according to Atlantic City Blackjack
rules.
Authority: New Jersey Casino
Control Commission.
Rule Exceptions: The
cards are shuffled after each hand, pairs may not
be re-split, and players may not draw additional
cards on split Aces.
Premise:
Multi-Hand Blackjack is identical to
Single-Player Blackjack, except that players can
bet on up-to five hands and play them all
independently, one after another.
In
Multi-Hand Blackjack, you and the dealer (the
computer) are dealt two cards to start in up to
five different positions at the Blackjack table.
The objective of Multi-Hand Blackjack is to
accumulate cards that add up closer to 21 than
that of the dealer's cards, without going over 21.
Cards are worth their face value with the
exception of Kings, Queens, and Jacks which are
each worth 10 and Aces (worth either 1 or 11). If
the value of your hand is closer to 21 than that
of the dealer you win. If the value of the
dealer's hand is higher than yours you lose. If
the hands are of equal value the deal is a push
and your money is returned. If you have a total of
22 or higher (a busted hand), you lose regardless
of whether the dealer also busts. This process is
repeated on all respective hands.
Summary of rules:
- 8 52-card decks are used
- The deck is re-shuffled after each hand
- Dealer stands on all 17's
- Doubling after splitting allowed
- No re-splitting of cards allowed
- No surrender
- Only one additional card allowed on each Ace
when splitting a pair of Aces
- Each hand must be completed before
proceeding to next hand.
- Up to five possible hands playable per
deal.
How to play:
Multi-Hand
Blackjack plays the same as Single-Hand Blackjack.
Blackjack is played with eight fifty-two card
decks. After each game has been played, the used
cards are shuffled back into the deck. All face
cards are valued at ten and the cards from 2-10
are valued as indicated. Aces can be valued at
either one or eleven; if counting the Ace as
eleven would put the hand over twenty-one, the Ace
is automatically counted as one instead. You do
not need to specify which value the Ace has as
it's always assumed to have the value that makes
the best hand. The value of a hand is the sum of
the values of the individual cards. For example, a
hand containing a Jack, 3, and 4 has a value of
17.
Betting: Your chips are stacked
by denomination ($1, $5, $25, $100, $500) at the
bottom of the screen above your User label. Select
the amount you would like to wager on a given hand
by clicking the left mouse button on the chip of
that denomination. The amount wagered per hand may
be increased or decreased by placing the mouse on
the stack that you wish to add or subtract to your
bet. Each time you click the left mouse button you
will add a chip from that pile to your planned
wager amount. Likewise by clicking on the right
mouse button you can decrease your planned wager
amount. You may repeat your last bet by simply
hitting the "0" button of your numeric keyboard.
If you place a wager that is lower than the
minimum table bet limit, your bet amount will be
automatically adjusted to the minimum bet amount.
Wager as little or as much as you wish on varying
hands within game limits.
You begin a hand
of Multi-Hand Blackjack by placing up to five bets
on the table as described above. You will then
receive two cards face up. The dealer will receive
one card face up and one face down. Once you have
been dealt your cards (and based on the nature of
these cards) you can do the following by clicking
with the left mouse button on the appropriate
button:
Hit:
Requests another card. You can request a hit as many times as you
like, but if your total goes over twenty-one, you
will "bust" and lose the hand.
Stand:
Requests that you receive no more cards.
The hand as it currently stands will be judged
against the dealers.
Split:
If
you have two cards of the same denomination, a
Split button will appear. This option will only be
active immediately after you receive your first
two cards.
You can split your cards into
two hands and play each hand separately. Your
original bet will be duplicated for the new hand.
Each hand will be played out as usual except when
splitting Aces, where only one additional card per
hand is dealt. A white box displaying your card
total will appear over each hand indicating which
hand is active.
The split option can only
be used once per hand - you cannot split part of a
split hand. Any winning 21 obtained after
splitting a pair is paid 1-to-1.
Double
Down:
If you select this option, three
things will happen: you will get exactly one more
card, your turn will end, and your bet will be
doubled. This option will only be active
immediately after you receive your first two
cards.
Insurance:
Whenever
the dealer's up-card is an Ace, the player has the
option of taking insurance for half the amount of
the bet.
If you wish to take insurance,
click on the "Insurance" button. If you do not
wish to take insurance, you simply click on the
"Pass" button to proceed with the rest of the
hand.
When you buy insurance, you are
effectively betting on the fact that the dealer's
down card is a ten or face card, ie. a natural
Multi-Hand blackjack.
If the dealer does
have a 10 ranking card, the player is immediately
paid 2-to-1 on the insurance bet, but the original
wager is lost unless the player too has a
blackjack and pushes with the dealer. If the
dealer does not have a natural Multi-Hand
blackjack, the rest of the hand is played out as
usual, and you lose your insurance money.
If you eventually win the hand, you will
get back your original bet plus the same amount in
profit.
If you win with a natural
Multi-Hand blackjack, you will be paid off at
3-to-2 odds, which means you get your original bet
back plus 150% profit. (So if you bet $50 and win
with a natural twenty-one, you get $50 (your bet)
plus $75 (your bet plus half of your bet), which
totals to $125.
Payoffs:
| Result |
Payoff |
| Winning Hand |
1 to 1 |
| Blackjack |
3 to 2 |
| Insurance |
2 to
1 |
Betting
Limits:
$5 minimum initial ante
$300 maximum bet.
Individual tables
may have a higher minimum bet and a lower maximum
bet. There are two ways to determine the table bet
limit for a specific table. You can place your
mouse pointer over a specific table. After 2 or 3
seconds a box will appear identifying the table
number and the minimum and maximum bet.
Alternatively, you can click on a specific table.
A new window will open displaying the minimum and
maximum bet.
Setting your table bet
limit:
You may also set your table bet
limit below the maximum specified limit by
selecting "Bet Options" from the "Game Menu". The
"Modify Table Bet Limit" window will appear on the
screen. To reduce your maximum table bet limit
type in the new limit in the appropriate box and
confirm it by typing your PIN in the box below.
Click on the OK button to complete the update.
Please be aware that you can modify your table bet
limit no more than once per week (Friday 12:00 AM
EST) and that using the "Modify Table Bet Limit"
function affects the bet limit for all games and
not just the game that you are currently playing.
Basic Blackjack Strategy Table
Basic blackjack strategy is defined as the
proper play of cards knowing only your hand and
the dealer's exposed card. It does not involve
card counting (an advantage lost in playing
InterCasino with 8 decks reshuffled after each
hand) or remembering which cards were played
previously. The basic blackjack strategy is
created through intensive computer simulations
which perform a complete combinatorial analysis.
In this method, the computer "plays" tens of
thousands of hands for each BlackJack situation
possible and statistically decides which decision
best favours the player.
Basic strategy is
usually printed as tables with the dealer's up
card the first row and your two card combination
the first column. The other entries in the table
tell you what to do (Stand, Hit, Double-Down,
Split) with the different combinations of dealer
and player's hands. Basic blackjack strategy
tables for InterCasino rules (8 decks, dealer
stands on 17, double-down on any two cards, double
after split allowed, no re-splitting of cards
allowed, no surrender) are shown below for hard
totals, soft totals, and pairs along with a
legend.
Legend:
S - Stand
H
- Hit
D - Double
Y - Yes, split
N -
No, don't split
|
Dealer's
Upcard |
| Your
Cards |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
A |
| 17 |
S |
S |
S |
S |
S |
S |
S |
S |
S |
S |
| 16 |
S |
S |
S |
S |
S |
H |
H |
H |
H |
H |
| 15 |
S |
S |
S |
S |
S |
H |
H |
H |
H |
H |
| 14 |
S |
S |
S |
S |
S |
H |
H |
H |
H |
H |
| 13 |
S |
S |
S |
S |
S |
H |
H |
H |
H |
H |
| 12 |
H |
H |
S |
S |
S |
H |
H |
H |
H |
H |
| 11 |
D |
D |
D |
D |
D |
D |
D |
D |
D |
H |
| 10 |
D |
D |
D |
D |
D |
D |
D |
D |
H |
H |
| 9 |
H |
D |
D |
D |
D |
H |
H |
H |
H |
H |
| 8 |
H |
H |
H |
H |
H |
H |
H |
H |
H |
H |
Soft
Totals:
|
Dealer's
Upcard |
| Your
Cards |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
A |
| (A,9) |
S |
S |
S |
S |
S |
S |
S |
S |
S |
S |
| (A,8) |
S |
S |
S |
S |
S |
S |
S |
S |
S |
S |
| (A,7) |
S |
D |
D |
D |
D |
S |
S |
H |
H |
H |
| (A,6) |
H |
D |
D |
D |
D |
H |
H |
H |
H |
H |
| (A,5) |
H |
H |
D |
D |
D |
H |
H |
H |
H |
H |
| (A,4) |
H |
H |
D |
D |
D |
H |
H |
H |
H |
H |
| (A,3) |
H |
H |
H |
D |
D |
H |
H |
H |
H |
H |
| (A,2) |
H |
H |
H |
D |
D |
H |
H |
H |
H |
H |
Pairs:
|
Dealer's
Upcard |
| Your
Cards |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
A |
| (A,A) |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
| (10,10) |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
| (9,9) |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
| (8,8) |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
| (7,7) |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
N |
N |
N |
N |
| (6,6) |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
| (5,5) |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
| (4,4) |
N |
N |
N |
Y |
Y |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
| (3,3) |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
N |
N |
N |
N |
| (2,2) |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
N |
N |
N |
N |
Note:
You may turn on/off the Sound, Voice and
Animation during the game by clicking on the
Options button located in the lower left-hand area
of the console. The setting is turned on when the
checkbox is checked and it is turned off when the
checkbox is unchecked. You must exit and re-enter
the game to activate the Animation feature.
References:
For further
information on blackjack, please consult the
following references:
Carlson, Bryce.
Blackjack for Blood, Compustar Press, 1992.
Humble, Lance and Cooper, Carl. The
World's Greatest Blackjack Book, Doubleday,
1987.
Scoblete, Frank. Best
Blackjack, Bonus Books, 1996.
Tamburin, Henry. Reference Guide to
Casino Gambling, Research Services Unlimited,
1993.
Uston, Ken. Million Dollar
Blackjack, Carol Publishing Group, 1994.
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