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Blackjack is played with six, standard 52- card decks dealt from a “shoe” (a box containing more than one deck). This means that there are 24 cards of each value in the shoe (24 aces, 24 kings, etc.). This shoe is shuffled after 2/3 of the cards have been dealt. The player and dealer are dealt two cards each, one of the dealer’s cards is dealt face down.
The number cards are equal to their face value, the picture cards (king, queen, and jack) count as 10, and the ace can count as either 1 or 11, depending on which brings the hand closer to 21. Note that the four suits (hearts, diamonds, clubs, and spades) have no effect on the value of your hand.
The object of the game is simple: to have a hand equal to “21” or closer to 21 than the dealer's hand without going over 21. A winning hand pays 1 to 1 to the play- ers original bet, except blackjack (two cards that together equal 21) which pays 3:2 (so a bet of $10 would win $15). If the dealer and player stand on the same
value, then it is called a “push”, and no one wins or loses the hand.
The dealer will continue to receive cards until the hand equals or exceeds 17.
➤Using the Teach Mode
The Teach mode is designed to help you learn how to play a better game of Blackjack by showing you when your move does not correspond to the winning strategies (see pp. 10- 11). To select Teach mode, first press CLEAR (You cannot change the mode in the middle of a game). Next, press MENU , and highlight the Mode menu. Press 
to highlight Teach, and press ENTER .
After each move that you make, you will be shown when your decision is different from the winning strategy.
(NOTE: Selecting Teach mode does not change Video Poker.) To turn off the Teach mode, first press CLEAR .
Next, press MENU , and highlight the Mode menu. Highlight Normal, and press ENTER .
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