From: howard@sinoda.ultra.COM (Howard Simonson)
Newsgroups: alt.games.lynx,rec.games.video
Subject: Re: Lynx Casino
Date: 14 Aug 92 15:57:42 GMT
Reply-To: howard@ultra.com
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In article <1992Aug11.010733.21861@u.washington.edu>, phaedrus@milton.u.washington.edu (Phaedrus) writes:
|> 
|>      Bzzt.  Blackjack is being dealt an ace and a face card or ten, in either 
|> order, as your first two cards.  The suits of the two cards don't matter; nor 
|> does which face card you get.  (Suits are always irrelevant in blackjack, and
|> all face cards are the same as tens.)

This is not strictly true.  Some rules have been instituted in the BJ games of
certain casinos where certain suited combinations (such as 6/7/8 and A/J) will
pay at higher odds.  I refer you to rec.gambling to keep up with the latest
such rules.

|>      The one important rule that some people don't know is that the blackjack
|> has to be with your first two cards.  In blackjack, if your first two cards
|> have the same value, you can split them into two hands (placing a new bet on
|> your second hand, the same size as the bet on your original hand), draw a new
|> card for each hand, and go from there.  It's a fairly common scenario that you
|> get dealt a pair of aces, split them, and draw a face card or ten for one or
|> both of the split hands.  Even though this is an ace and a face card or ten,
|> it's not a blackjack, and doesn't pay off extra as a blackjack does.  (Of
|> course, you still are guaranteed to win or at least tie with that hand, so it's
|> not exactly a tragic situation. :) )

This is not strictly true in that the dealer may have a BJ and therefore beat
the "21s" you generated on the split.  However, *most* casino BJ (and this
include LYNX casino) will return any split or double down bets made; retaining
only your original bet.

|>      Of course, this is all assuming standard blackjack rules.  For all I
|> know, there could be a casino out there that pays the Super Mondo Jackpot for
|> an ace of spades and a jack of spades on the deal. :)

There are in fact a few casinos that have created a "jackpot" that is payed
when a particular *suited* BJ is dealt as a players first hand from a freshly
shuffled shoe.  I believe most, if not all of those casinos are in Atlantic
City (a terrible place to play BJ, IMHO) and again, I refer the interested
reader to rec.gambling for up-to-date info on rules and info on this and
other gambling subjects.

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