Game Rules

• The game is played with eight regular decks of 52 cards apiece
  
  
• The dealer must stick on all 17's
  
  
• The player must take additional cards on any total of 14 or below
  
  
• A "pontoon" is any two card hand that totals 21, including after a split
  
  
• The dealer receives two cards, both face-down, and checks them for pontoon. There are no "up-cards"
  
  
• Re-splitting is allowed once, to make a total of three hands
  
  
• A five-card trick, in staying under 21, pays 2-to-1
  
  
• The player can take only one card to split aces
  
  
• The player can "buy" once per hand, whether that is on two, three or four cards. This is similar to doubling down.
  
  
• Two ten-value cards that are not the same rank can still be split.
  
  
• There is no insurance

Payout Schedule

• A "pontoon" (two-card 21) pays off at 2-to-1 odds
  
  
• A "five-card trick" pays out at 2-to-1 odds
  
  
• A "Standard Win" is paid off at even money, or 1-to-1 odds. This applies to all winning hands that are not pontoons or five-card tricks