Multi Player Multi Hand Blackjackby PartyGaming

This blackjack game from PartyGaming lets you play up to five seats yourself, or join in with up to four other players and try to beat the dealer at a rousing game of 21. When you first enter the gaming area you will see several table options as well as sit and go play. If you want to play with others in real or practice mode, simply click on the appropriate listing to choose one of two table limits; 1-100 or 100-1000 per seat. The first screen will show the table limits, how many players are already at the table as well as how many seats, how many hands are dealt per hour, and what the lifetime average bet for the table is. Choose a game speed that suits you, this is probably the most important consideration other than bet limits.

Each game is played from a virtual shoe containing 8 decks, each deck is a standard 52 card blackjack/poker deck. The shoe is shuffled after 20% of the cards are used. As for rules you will see the dealer hit soft 17 and stay on hard 17 or higher. You may split once for a total of two hands. Take unlimited hits until stand or bust on all but Aces. Split Aces receive one card each. Double on any two cards and double after a split. Late surrender is allowed. After the dealer checks for blackjack (if showing 10 value or Ace) you may give up half your stake on the first two cards.