1BJ(6)                            Games Manual                            BJ(6)
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NAME

6       bj - the game of black jack
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SYNOPSIS

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DESCRIPTION

12       Bj  is  a serious attempt at simulating the dealer in the game of black
13       jack (or twenty-one) as might be found in Reno.   The  following  rules
14       apply:
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16       The bet is $2 every hand.
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18            A  player  `natural' (black jack) pays $3.  A dealer natural loses
19            $2.  Both dealer  and  player  naturals  is  a  `push'  (no  money
20            exchange).
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22            If  the  dealer  has  an  ace up, the player is allowed to make an
23            `insurance' bet against the chance of a dealer natural.   If  this
24            bet is not taken, play resumes as normal.  If the bet is taken, it
25            is a side bet where the player wins $2 if the dealer has a natural
26            and loses $1 if the dealer does not.
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28            If  the player is dealt two cards of the same value, he is allowed
29            to `double'.  He is allowed to play two hands, each  with  one  of
30            these cards.  (The bet is doubled also; $2 on each hand.)
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32            If a dealt hand has a total of ten or eleven, the player may `dou‐
33            ble down'.  He may double the bet ($2 to $4) and  receive  exactly
34            one more card on that hand.
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36            Under  normal  play, the player may `hit' (draw a card) as long as
37            his total is not over twenty-one.  If  the  player  `busts'  (goes
38            over twenty-one), the dealer wins the bet.
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40            When  the  player  `stands'  (decides not to hit), the dealer hits
41            until he attains a total of seventeen  or  more.   If  the  dealer
42            busts, the player wins the bet.
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44            If  both  player  and dealer stand, the one with the largest total
45            wins.  A tie is a push.
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47       The machine deals and keeps score.  The  following  questions  will  be
48       asked at appropriate times.  Each question is answered by y followed by
49       a new line for `yes', or just new line for `no'.
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51       ?         (means, `do you want a hit?')
52       Insurance?
53       Double down?
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55       Every time the deck is shuffled, the dealer so states and the  `action'
56       (total  bet)  and  `standing' (total won or lost) is printed.  To exit,
57       hit the interrupt key  (DEL)  and  the  action  and  standing  will  be
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