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2. Blackjack - Wikipedia

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   Video blackjack game rules are generally more favorable to the house; e.g., paying out only even money for winning blackjacks. Video and online blackjack games generally deal each round from a fresh shoe (i.e., use an RNG for each deal), rendering card counting ineffective in most situations. [28]

3. Glossary of blackjack terms - Wikipedia

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   Cards are dealt one at a time from the shoe. shoe game A blackjack game dealt from a shoe. Shoe games typically use more than 2 decks. soft A soft hand is a hand that includes an ace valued as 11, as opposed to 1. split If a player is dealt two cards of the same rank, they can choose to play each of them separately, putting up a bet for each ...

4. Aces and eights (blackjack) - Wikipedia

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   Two aces and two eights in a standard deck of playing cards.. Splitting aces and eights is part of blackjack basic strategy.Rules vary across gambling establishments regarding resplitting, doubling, multiple card draws, and the payout for blackjack, and there are conditional strategic responses that depend upon the number of decks used, the frequency of shuffling and dealer's cards.

5. Shoe (cards) - Wikipedia

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   Shoe (cards) A dealing shoe or dealer's shoe is a gaming device, mainly used in casinos, to hold multiple decks of playing cards. The shoe allows for more games to be played by reducing the time between shuffles and less chance of dealer cheating. [1] In some games, such as blackjack (where card counting is a possibility), using multiple decks ...

6. Card counting - Wikipedia

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   Basics. [edit] Card counting is based on statistical evidence that high cards (aces, 10s, and 9s) benefit the player, while low cards, (2s, 3s, 4s, 5s, 6s, and 7s) benefit the dealer. High cards benefit the player in the following ways: They increase the player's probability of hitting a Blackjack, which often pays out at 3 to 2 odds (although ...

7. Twenty-one (banking game) - Wikipedia

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   French card historian Thierry Depaulis has recently debunked this story, showing that the name blackjack was first given to the game by prospectors during the Klondike Gold Rush (1896–99), the bonus being the usual ace and any 10-point card. Since the term "blackjack" also refers to the mineral zincblende, which was often associated with gold ...

8. Switch (card game) - Wikipedia

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   Switch is played with a regular, single deck of playing cards, or with two standard decks (shuffled into one) if there is a large number of players.. Each player at their turn may play any card from their hand that matches the suit or the rank of the card previously played; for example, if the previous card was a seven of clubs, the next player may put down any seven card, or any club card ...

9. Spanish 21 - Wikipedia

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   Spanish 21 is a blackjack variant owned by Masque Publishing Inc., a gaming publishing company based in Colorado. Unlicensed, but equivalent, versions may be called Spanish blackjack. In Australia and Malaysia, an unlicensed version of the game, with no dealer hole card and significant rule differences, is played in casinos under the name ...