1	"Presented By" Presented By Tracey Meadows
2	Basics of Blackjack Premise of the game Hand close to 21 without going over Card Values Ace either 1 or 11 “Soft” hand total when Ace is 11 10, Jack, Queen, King equal 10 Strategy Generator
3	The Deal After bets, dealer deals to their left Dealer makes two passes around table Each player and dealer receive two cards Cards are face up on the table “Shoe” BlackJack
4	Dealer Stay Dealer stops drawing cards (“stays”) at 17 Dealer stays on a Blackjack Alternate rule: If soft 17, will stay on a soft 18 or hard 17
5	Probability of Dealer Bust
6	Winning or Losing a Hand Blackjack 3:2 odds Beats any dealer hand except dealer Blackjack Sum of 21 Push Bust
7	Playing a Hand Play proceeds to the dealer’s left Player indicates how they will play the hand Seating position is important 1^st and 3^rd basemen
8	Betting Check Table Minimum Set Winning/Losing limits Play with the house’s money Bet minimum when losing Bet heavy when winning Follow betting procedure
9	Hand Signals Hit Tap or scrape table behind cards Stay Wave hand horizontally over cards
10	Hitting and Staying Hard Hands Dealer’s up card is less than 7 You have 13 or below, hit You have 14 or above, stay Dealer’s up card is above 7 You have 14 or below, hit You have 15 or above, stay Never hit a hard hand against a dealer’s stiff hand
11	Hitting and Staying Soft Hand Hit with any soft hand up to an Ace-6 Stay with Ace-7 unless dealer shows a 9 or 10/Face Stay with Ace-8 or Ace-9 no matter what Ace-10/Face is BlackJack
12	Surrendering Folding hand to regain half of original bet Must be done before any other hand action Early Rare Late After dealer checks for BlackJack Special cases with multi decks
13	Doubling Down Doubles your bet Must be before third card Receive only one more card Should be done with a total of 11 or less Not against dealer Ace or 10 Specific cases for hard and soft
14	Splitting Pairs Always split pairs of aces and 8’s Two separate hands Can re-split hands Never split 4’s, 5’s or Face cards Dealer 4, 5, 6 – split all other pairs Dealer 7 or better – just aces and 8’s
15	Insurance Side-bet 2:1 odds Break-even Never take insurance Only gives half of original bet back
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17	Have Fun! Mostly intuitive Watch for patterns Manage your money Get the feel of the game Expect to win Relax and enjoy!