6 card Charlie Blackjack

The objective of 6-card Charlie variation of blackjack is to end up with a hand with a value as close to 21 as possible without going over 21 which will mean you bust. Players can also win if they collect 6 cards and don’t go over 21 points per hand and here they will be paid with a similar odds as that of a blackjack which is 3:2. When a player’s first two dealt card values totals 21 this is referred to as natural blackjack while if the player is dealt 3 cards that total 21 this is referred to as “21” and not a natural. A “21” always loses to a dealer and the payout for this is 1:1. It is also considered a “21” if a player splits and the first 2 cards of any hand totals 21.

Basics of 6 card Charlie Blackjack

• Dealers should draw two card point values of up to 16
• Dealers should stand on a soft 17
• The blackjack odds are 3:2
• Even money pays 1:1
• Insurance money pays 2:1
• Players may double down on nine, ten or eleven
• Players are allowed to split only once per hand
• Players can not split on 4’s, 5’s or 10 value cards

Card Values

• The ace card in this game can either be valued as 1 or 11 which is regarded as a hard value or soft value respectively. For example when an ace is combined with a card with the value 6 the hard value will be 7 while the soft value will be 17.
• The King, Queen and Jack cards are valued as 10.
• All the other cards retain the values indicated on them.

How to Play

Players are supposed to place their bets in the betting circles and then click the deal button. The players will then be dealt with a single card on each hand that they’ve bet on and the dealer is also dealt a card. The first card of a dealer is supposed to face down while the second card is dealt facing up. If the dealer’s face up card has a value of 10 or an ace the players will have several options namely hit and stand, split and double down. If the dealers face-up card is 10 the dealer can then check for blackjack. If the dealer checks for blackjack and doesnt have it then the hand continues to play but if he finds blackjack in the first 2 cards and the player doesnt, then the player will automatically lose the hand and play will stop. When a dealer and a player both have blackjacks then the dealer will declare for a tie. If the dealers face-up card happens to be an Ace, the dealer can either offer an insurance or even money. Offering an insurance means that the players will have to make the next bet which is usually 0.5 the size of the original player bet on the dealer who has a natural and the insurance bet will be lost when the dealer’s got no natural and the hand is then played normally. Offering money means that player will have money to play with if their first two cards show balckjack and the dealer face-up card is an ace. This mostly happens when the dealer has a blackjack but does not want to declare a tie. The player will immediately be paid 1x1 for their blackjack and that hand will stop thereby renouncing the normal blackout payout of 3x2.