@ Blackjack: shuffle the cards and begin to WIN! @

PLAYER NUMBER ONE (BETSY): The total of her first two cards is n. Betsy puts out another bet equal in amount to her original wager—in order to double down—and receives a 6 for a total of 17.
PLAYER NUMBER TWO (PATRICK): The total of this player’s first two cards is 19. Pat elects to stand "as is."
PLAYER NUMBER THREE (JIM): Jim has a total of
9, and subsequently draws a 5 for 14, followed by a 2 for 16, followed by a
10 for 26. This player has busted, and automatically loses. Like those of
the player with blackjack, Jim’s cards are removed right after his chips
are taken away.
PLAYER NUMBER FOUR (GLEN): This blackjack player is skipped. Glen had an ace and a queen on his first two cards—a blackjack, and was previously paid.
PLAYER NUMBER FIVE (NANCY): This player has two 3s, and decides to split them. She puts out a bet equivalent to her first, and the dealer separates her cards. On the first 3 Nancy is dealt a 10. She hits again and receives an 8 for 21. On the second 3 Nancy is dealt a 7. This prompts her to put out a third wager, again equal to her original bet, in order to double down on the second hand—on what now totals
10.  She receives a king for 20.
Our dealer then flips over her hole card, revealing a 6 for a total of 13. As 13 is below 17, she must draw another card and does—a 5 for a total of 18. According to the blackjack rules: Hit or Stand
, she must now stand, and proceed to pay off or collect winning and losing wagers.

From your experience to date, is it hard to imagine a pit full of friendly casino personnel suddenly turning against you? It probably is, and it’s probably also hard to imagine a multimillion dollar corporation "sweating" the action of a single card counter varying his bets between $10 and $200 per hand. But that happens too. And in poker game the same

In the old days, the lights used to dim for a second when pictures were being taken. But with today’s technology, the counter will likely never even know that he’s being filmed. One clever casino ploy involves letting the card counter "hang himself." This can occur if you’re suspected by pit personnel of card counting, and then all interest in you suddenly ceases. Sometimes the pit even seems deserted. What’s really going on is that surveillance is recording your every move and play, and local personnel are giving you free rein to show them everything you’re made of before the hammer comes crashing down. Just because a suit isn’t watching your game called blackjack
doesn’t mean ten pairs of electronic eyes don’t have your face, your cards, your bets, and your eyes plastered across seven thirty-one-inch television screens in the surveillance room.