Blackjack

Play one of the most popular table games, Blackjack at Downstream Casino Resort. With side bets and multiple versions of the classic table game available, including Blackjack Trifecta, Blackjack Match Progressive, Free Bonus Blackjack and War Blackjack, which will you choose?

How to Play Blackjack

The objective of blackjack is to have the total point value of the cards dealt to the player exceed the total point value of the dealer's hand without going over 21. Each player's wager is a bet against the dealer's hand.

The dealer starts the game by dealing two cards face up to each player. The dealer takes one card face up and the second card face down and placed underneath the first. Each card assumes the value of the card shown, with kings, queens, and jacks counting as 10. The ace counts either as 1 or 11, whichever the player chooses. After all hands have been dealt, the dealer asks how each player wishes to act. The player must indicate the decision to hit or stand with hand signals—"hit" gesturing for an additional card and "stand" gesturing for no additional cards.

After all players have acted on their hands, the dealer turns over the second card in the dealer's hand. The dealer must take an additional card on any point total of 16 or less and stand on any point total of 17 or more. If a dealer's point total exceeds 21, all players who have a point total of 21 or less automatically win. If a dealer's point total is 21 or less, the dealer pays all hands that exceed the dealer's point total and collects all bets on hands that are less than the dealer's point total.

If any of the players and dealers point totals are the same, the player's bet "pushes" and is returned to the player.