1BLACKJACK(6)                     Games Manual                     BLACKJACK(6)
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NAME

6       BlackJack - A multiple deck, casino rules blackjack game.
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SYNOPSIS

10       blackjack [options]
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DESCRIPTION

14       This  manual  page  documents  briefly  the blackjack command. For more
15       information, please refer to the GNOME help for BlackJack
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18       BlackJack is a multiple deck, casino rules blackjack game.  The  object
19       of  the  game  is to hold cards having a higher count than those of the
20       dealer without going over 21.  It is part of the gnome-games package.
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OPTIONS

24       BlackJack accepts the following options, besides the  usual  Gtk+/GNOME
25       switches:
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27       -v, --variation=NAME
28              Blackjack rule set to use
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USAGE

32       This text is taken verbatim from the BlackJack Manual V2.8.
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35       To Set the Wager
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37              To  increase  the wager for the hand, double click on the player
38              chip, located along the lower edge of the playing area, that you
39              wish to add to your wager.
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41              Or, drag the desired chip onto your wager stack, located next to
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45       To Deal a New Hand
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47              A new hand can be dealt when the table is clear or when play has
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50              To deal a new hand on a clear table, click in the white outlines
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53              To deal a new hand after play has finished on the current hands,
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57       To Add a Card to a Hand (Hit)
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59              You may add cards to a hand until the hand total is 21 or over.
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61              To  add a card to a player's hand, click once on any card in the
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67              You may stop taking cards at any time after the first two  cards
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70              To  stop  adding  cards to a hand, click once on any other hand.
71              For example, when there is only one  player  position  (ie.  you
72              have  not  split  a  pair), click on the dealer's hand to stand.
73              When you have split a pair, you may stand on  the  first  player
74              hand by clicking on the second player hand, or the dealer hand.
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79              To  double  down,  double click on any of the player chips after
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85              To split a pair, drag the top card of the hand  off  the  player
86              position and drop on any empty space on the table.
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96              At  any time you may ask the game for a hint.  To do this either
97              click on the Hint button on the toolbar, or choose the Game/Hint
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103              Most  of  the operations in the game can be controlled from key‐
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107              ENTER  Deal new hand
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109              H      Hit / Add card
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HOMEPAGE

121       http://www.gnome.org/projects/gnome-games/
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AUTHOR

125       This  manual  page  was  written   by   Martin   Ferrari   <martin.fer‐
126       rari@gmail.com>,  for  the  Debian  system (but may be used by others).
127       Blackjack was written by William Jon McCann <mccann@jhu.edu>.  You  can
128       find more information about BlackJack in /usr/share/doc/gnome-games.
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132BlackJack                       March 22, 2007                    BLACKJACK(6)