NAME
bj - the game of black jack
SYNOPSIS
/usr/games/bj
DESCRIPTION
Bj is a serious attempt at simulating the dealer in the game
of black jack (or twenty-one) as might be found in Reno.
The following rules apply:
The bet is $2 every hand.
A player `natural' (black jack) pays $3. A dealer nat-
ural loses $2. Both dealer and player naturals is a
`push' (no money exchange).
If the dealer has an ace up, the player is allowed to
make an `insurance' bet against the chance of a dealer
natural. If this bet is not taken, play resumes as
normal. If the bet is taken, it is a side bet where
the player wins $2 if the dealer has a natural and
loses $1 if the dealer does not.
If the player is dealt two cards of the same value, he
is allowed to `double'. He is allowed to play two
hands, each with one of these cards. (The bet is dou-
bled also; $2 on each hand.)
If a dealt hand has a total of ten or eleven, the
player may `double down'. He may double the bet ($2 to
$4) and receive exactly one more card on that hand.
Under normal play, the player may `hit' (draw a card)
as long as his total is not over twenty-one. If the
player `busts' (goes over twenty-one), the dealer wins
the bet.
When the player `stands' (decides not to hit), the
dealer hits until he attains a total of seventeen or
more. If the dealer busts, the player wins the bet.
If both player and dealer stand, the one with the larg-
est total wins. A tie is a push.
The machine deals and keeps score. The following questions
will be asked at appropriate times. Each question is
answered by y followed by a new line for `yes', or just new
line for `no'.
? (means, ``do you want a hit?'')
Insurance?
Double down?
1
Every time the deck is shuffled, the dealer so states and
the `action' (total bet) and `standing' (total won or lost)
is printed. To exit, hit the interrupt key (DEL) and the
action and standing will be printed.
BUGS
2