Blackjack
Blackjack tables for rent is our specialty. When you arrange for a party at home, it doesn’t become a grand success until and unless you put some interactive games into it. When it comes to fun games for the guest, what can be better than a casino party with a Blackjack and dealer?
If you are thinking that arranging for a casino game is impossible without visiting the venue, you must contact Jackpot Casino Events, who are well known in Philly Tri-State for arranging casino parties exclusively at your venue. One of the most popular games is the Blackjack. Blackjack is played with cards and casino chips against the dealer. Bets are made and the cards are dealt, you are trying to beat the dealer, so there is no worry about how seasoned of a player you are. Our dealers will help you along the way and make sure you are comfortable with learning what you need to know.
Your guests will surely love to play the game as it has several fun elements and lots of excitement. Simply contact us and we will set up a real life casino at your place. This will give the feeling of a real casino, with professional equipment and talented dealers. Your guests will be entertained all evening, since everyone would love to indulge themselves, and what could be more fun than a pop up casino at your venue, with casino chips and dealers that will teach you how to play games you would never consider trying at a real casino!
GAME TUTORIAL
All The Info You Need To Know In Order To Play
Overview:
Blackjack is played with cards against the dealer. The object of the game is simply to beat the dealer by getting a better hand than him, or to simply survive the game. As you play, you will get cards. The best hands to get are ones where the cards total 21 (i.e. an eight, a four, and a nine, or, even better, an ace and a king, which will get explained). Be wary though, if your cards end up totaling more than 21, you are “busted” and lose that hand. The dealer can bust as well, so, if your hand is low, you still may be able to win if he busts.
As far as the cards are concerned, each card is worth its face value, so twos are worth 2, nines are worth 9, etc. Tens, jacks, queens, and kings are all worth 10. Aces are worth either 1 or 11.
How to Play:
So here’s how it goes. At the start you and the dealer (and any other players that are in the game) will get two cards each. Since the only person you are playing against is the dealer, the cards dealt to you will be up (if someone at the table has a better hand than you, no worries—the dealer is the only person you have to beat). One of the dealer’s cards will be up as well. You job in the game is the “guess” what the dealers hidden card might be.
The dealer must hit on any combo of cards that equals 16 or less and stay on any combo of cards equaling 17 or more. They do not get to decide, so this helps you as they can easily “bust”.
Yes, there is more to blackjack than getting two cards. The basic two things to do are hit (take another card) or stay (not take another card). There’s no limit to how many cards you can take, although you must remember if your cards end up totaling more than 21, you bust. Once you have decided to stop taking cards, the dealer will move onto the next person around the table (or, if you are the last person/only person playing, he will then move to himself). The dealer will take or stay depending on what his cards total (after all players at the table take or stay, he then turns his hidden card up to reveal what his 2 cards total), and then you will either win or lose depending on how your cards stack up to his (or win by default if he busts).
Now, if you and the dealer each have the same total in front of you (for instance your cards and his cards both equal 20) then it’s called a push. (Some casinos consider this a loss and take your money) but that’s not how the game is always played, and it’s certainly not how it’s played at a Jackpot Casino Events party.
If you win, by Jackpot Casino Events rules you win an amount equal to what you bet if you beat the dealer. Thus, with a $5 bet, you would get back your bet, plus another $5 chip, doubling your bet.
Blackjack:
Of course, there are a few other things that can happen besides the basic hit or stay options. The first is if you get an ace and a ten-value card, thus totaling 21. This is called a Blackjack. As long as the dealer doesn’t have a Blackjack as well, you win (by Jackpot Casino Events rules a Blackjack pays out twice what you put in, thus a $5 bet will get you $10 in play chips).
A Blackjack can only, only occur on the first two cards you are dealt. If you are able to get 21 some other way besides with an ace and a ten-value card, it is not a blackjack. Also, if you and the dealer both have a Blackjack (which does happen sometimes) then it’s just a push.
Double Down:
In some instances, you can (and should) double your money on a bet. This is called a “double down.” Why would you want to do this? Well, if (and this is the best case) you have a total of 11 showing (a 6 and a 5 for example) you want to double down, effectively doubling your bet (if you had a $5 bet, you would put a second $5 down). What you are betting on with an 11 is the chance of getting a ten-value card as your next card.
There is a risk. If you double down, you can only get one more card, and you have to take it, whatever it is. The likelihood of a ten-value card coming up is far greater than any other card (generally) as there are more ten-value cards in the deck than any other card. So in general doubling down is a “good” bet.
You can double down on any combo of two cards (it can only be done at the start of a hand), although it’s advisable only in the case of 11 (some people like 10 as well, since you’re likely to get a twenty, which is a respectable hand as well). There’s no point to doing it on a 16, for example, just because the likelihood of getting a card that busts your hand is very large. (Only a 5 and lower will keep you in the game and that's only about ⅓ of the deck)
Split:
You can also split in some instances. A split can happen only in your first two cards, and only when you have the same card twice (as examples, two aces or two 8). What you do is split apart your cards, making each its own hand. You then place the same bet a second time (covering each hand), and get dealt cards for each of those two new hands, separately.
You can split twice in a hand, as in the case of splitting eights and getting a third eight on one of your new hands. You cannot split more than twice (i.e., you cannot have more than three “hands” going at a time).
There is a second complication, and that has to do with aces. Aces can be split, but you can only get one card on each (unless you get yet another ace, which can be split, and then each of your three aces can only get one more card each). If you split and don’t like your cards, you’re just stuck with that one card you got dealt. Additionally, if you do get a ten-value card on one of your aces, this does not count as blackjack, just a normal twenty-one. Remember, blackjack is only on the very first two cards of your hand.
Of course, there are times where it’s not advisable to split. Two very low cards aren’t wise to split, because you’re already in a bad spot to begin with. It’s also not wise to split two similar ten-value cards (such as two queens), as, in this case, you’re already in a good spot to win with 20.
Split & Double Down:
You can double on split hands. If, for instance, you split eights and then get dealt a three on one of your eights (making 11), you can then double your bet on that “hand” and try for a ten to make 21.
That’s a lot of rules for one of the simplest gambling games around. As with any of the games featured at a Jackpot Casino events party, you can ask any of the dealers for a refresher on the rules of the game. The dealers are there to make sure you are comfortable playing any game you choose and are having a good time.