Wednesday 10 June 2015

BlackJack


What is Blackjack? Blackjack is a card game in which players try to acquire cards with a face value totaling 21 and no more. There are many names for this card game such as Blackjack, Roulette Checks, Roulette Sets, Rakes, Wheels, Ball, Markers, Twenty-one & more.

The Rules of the game:
Deal seven cards to three-four people. You then Place the remainder of the cards face down on the table, then turn the top one over to form a discard pile. Player to dealer's left goes first. They must follow suit or rank, but each player can lay as long a chain or run as they can, providing the card ranks match as you jump from suit to suit. For example, if the discard is five hearts, you can play a run such as: five spades, six spades, six clubs, six diamonds, seven diamonds, seven clubs. If any player cannot go, they pick up the top card from the discard pile.
The wild cards are as follows: eights make the next player miss a go (two eights makes two miss a go etc), king reverses direction of play, but both of these must be played on the right suit or rank. Ace changes the suit and can be played on anything. Playing a two makes the next player skip their turn and pick up two instead, unless they can also play a two, in which case the player to their left must pick up four. But the "jacks on twos" rule also applies; black jacks make the next player pick up five cards, but twos can be played on black jacks. This does mean, of course, that someone could feasibly be forced to pick up 18 cards from the discard pile at once (four twos and two black jacks). The only get-out clause is to lay a red jack, which cancels out black jacks but not twos. Remember that the first black jack or two played must be laid on a card of the right suit.
And now for the final power card: the queen. Whenever you lay a queen, you must cover her with another card, but it can be any card. And since the object is to get rid of your cards, and this could open up new runs, this is a canny rule indeed. Still with me?
Just a bit more to learn. When a player can win the game on their next go, they have to say "Last cards" or knock on the table. If they neglect to do this, they cannot go out on their next go, but must lay their card or cards and then pick up one instead. If they do call, they are free to win on their next go.

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