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#### 1.4`` Blackjack – 21 Card Game

To play Blackjack, run the PLT Games program. (Under Unix, it’s called plt-games).

Standard Blackjack rules with the following specifics:

- 1 player (not counting the dealer).

- 4 decks, reshuffled after 3/4 of the cards are used.

- Dealer stands on soft 17s.

- Splitting is allowed only on the first two cards, and only if they are equal. 10 and the face cards are all considered equal for splitting.

- Doubling is allowed on all unsplit hands, not on split hands.

- No blackjacks after splitting.

- No surrender.

- No insurance.

- No maximum under-21 hand size.

- Dealer’s second card is not revealed if the player busts (or both halves of a split hand bust).

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