Get closer to 21 than the dealer without going over. Number cards = face value, face cards = 10, aces = 1 or 11. HIT to take a card, STAND to stop, DOUBLE to double your bet and take exactly one more card. Dealer must hit to 17 and stands on all 17s. Blackjack (ace + ten on the deal) pays 3:2. Win pays even money; tie is a push. 5 hands per day. Fair-play update: you play through a real two-deck shoe (104 cards) per day — dealt cards don't come back until the shoe runs dry (then a fresh 104). Count away, Ryan. You even pick who gets dealt first — same cards off the shoe, but YOU decide where they land. It changes your odds not at all, and yet you will feel powerful.