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- .th BJ VI 3/15/72
- .sh NAME
- bj \*- the game of black jack
- .sh SYNOPSIS
- .bd /usr/games/bj
- .sh DESCRIPTION
- .it 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:
- .s3
- .lp +5 5
- The bet is $2 every hand.
- .s3
- A player `natural' (black jack) pays $3.
- A dealer natural loses $2.
- Both dealer and player naturals
- is a `push' (no money exchange).
- .s3
- 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.
- .s3
- 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 doubled also; $2 on each hand.)
- .s3
- 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.
- .s3
- 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.
- .s3
- 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.
- .s3
- If both player and dealer stand,
- the one with the largest total wins.
- A tie is a push.
- .s3
- .i0
- The machine deals and keeps score.
- The following questions will be asked at
- appropriate times.
- Each question is
- answered by
- .bd y
- followed by a new line for `yes',
- or just new line for `no'.
- .s3
- ? (means, ``do you want a hit?'')
- .br
- Insurance?
- .br
- Double down?
- .s3
- 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.
- .sh BUGS
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