Blackjack is played with one or more standard 52-card decks, with each denomination assigned a point value. The cards 2 through 10 are worth their face value. Kings, queens, and jacks are each worth 10. Aces may be used as either 1 or 11. The object for the player is to draw cards totalling closer to 21, without going over, than the dealer’s cards.

 

Play begins when you place a bet by stacking a chip or chips in the betting square on the table directly in front of you. After all bets have been placed, each player and the dealer are given two cards.

 

Once all the cards have been dealt, players decide in turn how to play out their hands. After all players have finished, the dealer plays according to set rules: The dealer must draw more cards to any total of 16 or less and must stand on any total of 17 or more. In some casinos, the dealer will also draw to “soft” 17 — a 17 including an ace or aces that could also be counted as a 7. The most common soft 17 is ace-6, but several other totals, such as ace-3-3 or ace-4-2, on up to ace-ace-ace-ace-ace-ace-ace in a multiple deck game, are soft 17s.

 

Hit: If you hit, you take another card or cards in hopes of getting closer to 21. If the player’s total exceeds 21 after hitting, the player is said to “bust” and loses the bet.

 

Stand: If you stand, you elect to draw no more cards in hopes that the current total will beat the dealer.

Split: If your first two cards are of the same denomination, you may elect to make a second bet equal to your first and split the pair, using each card as the first card in a separate hand. For example, if you are dealt two 8s, you may slide a second bet equal to the first to your betting box. The dealer will separate the 8s, then put a second card on the first 8. You play that hand out in normal fashion until you either stand or bust; then the dealer puts a second card on the second 8, and you play that hand out.

 

Insurance: If the dealer’s face up card is an ace, you may take “insurance,” which essentially is a bet that the dealer has a 10-value card down to complete a blackjack. Insurance, which may be taken for half the original bet, pays 2-1 if the dealer has blackjack. The net effect is that if you win the insurance bet and lose the hand, you come out even. For example, the player has 18 with a $10 bet down. The dealer has an ace up. The player takes a COP10,000 insurance bet. If the dealer has blackjack, the player loses the COP20,000 bet on the hand but winsCOP20,000 with the 2-1 payoff on the insurance bet

 

Our 2 Blackjack tables offers the following limits:

 

Blackjack 1

12:00pm – 19:00pm

Table Limits Minimum COP 15,000 Maximum COP 300,000
Perfect Pairs Minimum COP 10,000 Maximum COP 15,000

19:00pm – 04:00am

Table Limits Minimum COP 25,000 Maximum COP 500,000
Perfect Pairs Minimum COP 10,000 Maximum COP 25,000

Blackjack 2

12:00pm – 04:00am

Table Limits Minimum COP 25,000 Maximum COP 500,000
Perfect Pairs Minimum COP 10,000 Maximum COP 25,000