Face Up 21

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Face Up 21 is a variation of Blackjack where both the player and the Dealer are dealt their cards face-up. Seeing both of the Dealer’s cards puts the Player in a slightly better position and increases their chances of making a better strategic decision.

Objective

For the Player, the objective of the game is to beat the Dealer’s hand by either getting a better hand without exceeding 21 or by the Dealer’s hand going bust (going over 21).

Cards

8 decks are used, 52 cards each. Cards are shuffled after each game.

The value of a hand is simply the sum of points of each card in the hand. In Face Up 21, cards are valued in the following way:

• The cards from 2 through 9 keep their face values.
• 10, Jack, Queen, and King are all valued at 10.
• An Ace can be counted as either 1 or 11. An Ace always gets the value that makes the best hand. For example:
  • If you have Ace, 7. The value of this hand can be either 8 or 18. If you stop here, it will be 18. But say you draw one more card. The hand now contains Ace, 7, 8. Its total value is 16.
• Blackjack is an initial 2-card combination, with a value of 21, consisting of an Ace and any 10-value card (10, Jack, Queen or King).

Betting Tips

Betting Limits

• The Min/Max sign indicates a minimum amount that can be placed on each betting field as well as the maximum amount that can be placed on the whole table.

Play

You are allowed to bet on up to three hands, by placing bets on the central, right and left boxes.

Click DEAL to start dealing cards. Both you and the Dealer are dealt two cards face-up. If you are playing multiple hands, two cards are dealt face up for each hand. Each hand will be treated separately.

If the Player or the Dealer has a Blackjack, the game is over.

If either the Dealer or the Player does not have Blackjack, the following options will become available:

• Double – The Player can double after the first two cards have been dealt and before drawing an additional (third) card. Click DOUBLE to double your original bet amount and get one more card added to your hand. After this, no more cards can be added to the hand. The Double option is also available after splitting.

Note: You are only allowed to double the initial bet if the sum of the first two cards dealt to you is 9, 10 or 11.

• Split – If the first two cards dealt are of the same value (e.g. two Aces, two Sevens, or two cards with a value of 10 – 10, Jack, Queen or King), you can split them into two separate hands by clicking SPLIT. This will add an additional bet equal to your original bet. You then proceed to draw cards for each of the split hands. You can only split your hand once.

Note: If splitting a pair of Aces, you are only allowed to draw one card for each Ace. If you draw a card with a value of 10 on one of the split Aces, this is not a Blackjack, it is treated as a regular 21.

• Hit – click the HIT button to draw an additional card for your hand. You can draw as many cards as required. If the total reaches 21, drawing cards stops automatically. If your hand busts (its total exceeds 21), your hand loses.
• Stand – click the STAND button to stop drawing cards for your hand. Once STAND is clicked, play either moves to the next hand or, if it is the only or the last hand, then the Dealer will start to play his hand.

Dealer’s Rule

Once all of the player’s hands have completed, the Dealer starts playing his hand. The Dealer must hit if the sum of his cards is less than 17 or is a soft 17 (a hand that includes an Ace valued as "11," for example a hand consisting of Ace+6 or Ace+2+4). The Dealer must stand if his hand is a hard 17 or higher.

Game Outcomes

Once the Player and the Dealer have both completed their hands, then the Player’s and the Dealer’s hands are compared.

• The winning hand is the one with the highest total without busting.
• If both the Player and the Dealer have Blackjack, then the Player wins. Otherwise the Dealer wins all other tied hands.

Note: if your hand busts, you lose, even if the dealer’s hand busts as well.

RTP (Return to player) for this game is 99.15%

Malfunction voids all plays and winnings!

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