Topic: Play BlackJack with Bitcoins! - page 6. (Read 15992 times)

Do you ever plan to show a counter so lazy people like me don't have to add?

someone told me earlier the latest version shows more, but i dunno if he was screwing with me..i havent checked yet.

I noticed while playing that when I bet .05 and won with blackjack that I was only awarded .12 instead of .125 ... I didn't check my wallet but it looks like the wallet only uses 2 decimal places. Any way to have the wallet use 3 decimal places for play purposes but only cash out 2 decimal places? Or else let people know they need to bet in even increments to get their full payout.

I got root(2) for winning the most!

I got the Played For The Most Money Bonus (even though I lost it all, lol) =) I didn't even know the European Blackjack style existed until now. Now if only he would program it so I could count cards. lol

Thanks DrKenobi

Whoops, I feel ashamed for being the one receiving 3.14 BTC

So what do I do now? Withdraw the funds to cover up my loss, or keep playing? Well … since I love Blackjack …

I've never analyzed my rules, I'm just using the ones I know from some casinos and assume that these rules have indeed a small house advantage (and assume that the casinos I go to don't cheat

Woah there's really a ton of nuances in these rules. I've made this site quite modular so it would be really possible for me to offer some kinds of rules to chose from! I guess I'll add a poll here soon to find out whats the most interesting feature (different rules, splitting, multitable/multiplayer)

0.3.21

What version are you running, Dr K?

The rules I am used to is that if the dealer does not have blackjack and the player gets blackjack the dealer still has a chance to draw out 21 to push. Blackjack (A plus 10/face card) does not beat a non A+10 that still adds up to 21, they push.

However, again what I am used to, if the dealer has a A or 10/face card showing they check the hole card for the other card that makes blackjack and if the player is not showing blackjack the house wins automatically. This is part of the house advantage that the player can't overcome because even if the player has blackjack the dealer can still draw out 21 for a push.

(However the play ends up being you really need to someone analyze it to make sure that you have a house advantage.)

Edit: I just looked it up http://wizardofodds.com/blackjack/strategy/european.html and it indeed does look like a legit type of blackjack. You might want to specify that this is European/UK blackjack vs American style. That would be frustrating as all hell for me to be in a casino and pull out a 6 card 21, on a split, or even double after a split, and the dealer pull a blackjack to beat all of it, I'd rather lose to a blackjack up front.  

If you really want a mind twister, go look up Spanish 21 rules, that's big where I'm at. All (number only) 10 cards are taken out of the deck, player gets paid immediately upon getting 21, even if the dealer ends up having blackjack. You are allowed to double down more than once, but you have to double the amount on the table ... if you bet 5 and double, you can double again for 10 more for the next card.

Right now, it's this:
1. dealer gets first card which is shown
2. player gets two cards
3. player plays
4. dealer plays

So the second card for the dealer is not the "hole" card you know from US BlackJack. I see that the European rules I know may differ from the rules the majority here knows. Overall it shouldn't really make a difference if the dealer gets a second card earlier or later. I just personally like the fact that by your acting (how many cards you draw) you influence the card the dealer gets! That sometimes makes for some funny "Ouch, if I hadn't drawn the last card "3" the dealer would have gotten the "3" instead of the "A""

First of all, I'm not from the US so maybe that's why the rules you and me know differ

In this example the dealer got K A which is a BlackJack and therefore beats your "normal" 21!

So no bug, but a feature.


You've got a BlackJack. The only chance for the dealer to not lose is to also get a BlackJack (then the result would be a tie), therefore he draws just a second card. But it's true that after the first 7 there is no chance for the dealer to get a BlackJack so the game should have just ended after your BlackJack. I'll improve the BlackJack check!


That will be implemented once I've ironed out all the other bugs

Yes, definitely!

True, bitcoind crashed again. The good thing is that you can still play in this case, only depositing and withdrawing and registering new accounts is affected. I don't know why bitcoind keeps crashing (or getting stalled in this case). I'll implement an auto restarter, maybe every hour, to work around this.


Thanks for all your feedback it's really appreciated! And keep playing, in about four hours I will count the winning members (see first post) out and give them their bonus

Ah, maybe it's like he does have a hole card, and the second card is just the 'hole' card being turned over to see and then there is no draw because you have BJ.

Except in this version (currently) the dealer doesn't have a hole card. The dealer only has 1 card showing then draws the rest of it's cards after the player stands. If I start off with blackjack then the dealer should play it's hand out to try to draw to a push. In this case it only drew one card for a total of 14 and did not meet the criteria of drawing to >=17.

Well, a BJ beats anything in my book.

Erm, okay back to the cards, people.

Maybe because a BJ will beat any other 21, so he didn't bother? Hmm, guess he wouldn't need the second card either in that case.

i think your bitcoind crashed again....site seems real sluggish too..is that normal?

So it is solo, you against against the dealer.

I prefer a table with multiple players ... safety in numbers. Any plans to implement multi-player tables?

Splitting (especially A's) would be nice also.

I'm hope that's in the future.

Game ID: 89dfd24c1745608f36fab43f106e7fda

I get a 10 A for 21 .. stand

Dealer has a 7 and draws a 7 for 14 after I stand and the game stopped there and said I won.

The dealer did not complete the draw to => 17 or bust.