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Sunday, October 15, 2017
Blackjack
I didn't realize how many little extra rules there were to Blackjack!
If you aren't familiar, the basic rule is that you want to get as close to 21 without going over, and you're playing against the house, who has the same goal.
So the hand closest to the camera is mine, and the other one is the house (Birk) with one card flipped over, because the idea is that I have to bet that I have a better hand than the house. I can hit and take another card if I think I won't go over 21, or I can stay and keep what I have. Once I'm done, the house does the same thing, but it has to follow simple rules: reveal the hidden card, hit if it's 16 or lower, stay if it's 17 or higher. If we tie, I would keep my bet. (I didn't actually bet anything because there wasn't much of a point.
But there are little extras, like getting five cards without going over 21, or how i could split the above hand into two and hit them separately.
I can't remember, but I think I won more than I lost.
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