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BJ(6)                            Games Manual                            BJ(6)



NAME
       bj - the game of black jack

SYNOPSIS
       /usr/games/bj

DESCRIPTION
       Bj  is  a serious attempt at simulating the dealer in the game of black
       jack (or twenty-one) as might be found in Reno.   The  following  rules
       apply:

       The bet is $2 every hand.

            A  player  `natural' (black jack) pays $3.  A dealer natural loses
            $2.  Both dealer and player naturals is a  `push'  (no  money  ex‐
            change).

            If the dealer has an ace up, the player is allowed to make an `in‐
            surance' bet against the chance of a dealer natural.  If this  bet
            is  not taken, play resumes as normal.  If the bet is taken, it is
            a side bet where the player wins $2 if the dealer  has  a  natural
            and loses $1 if the dealer does not.

            If  the player is dealt two cards of the same value, he is allowed
            to `double'.  He is allowed to play two hands, each  with  one  of
            these cards.  (The bet is doubled also; $2 on each hand.)

            If a dealt hand has a total of ten or eleven, the player may `dou‐
            ble down'.  He may double the bet ($2 to $4) and  receive  exactly
            one more card on that hand.

            Under  normal  play, the player may `hit' (draw a card) as long as
            his total is not over twenty-one.  If  the  player  `busts'  (goes
            over twenty-one), the dealer wins the bet.

            When the player `stands' (decides not to hit), the dealer hits un‐
            til he attains a total of seventeen or more.  If the dealer busts,
            the player wins the bet.

            If  both  player  and dealer stand, the one with the largest total
            wins.  A tie is a push.

       The machine deals and keeps score.  The  following  questions  will  be
       asked at appropriate times.  Each question is answered by y followed by
       a new line for `yes', or just new line for `no'.

       ?         (means, `do you want a hit?')
       Insurance?
       Double down?

       Every time the deck is shuffled, the dealer so states and the  `action'
       (total  bet)  and  `standing' (total won or lost) is printed.  To exit,
       hit the interrupt key  (DEL)  and  the  action  and  standing  will  be
       printed.



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