Once the first card is dealt players play initial bets starting from the player with the left of dealer.

How to play pontoon with cards. You can also split twice per hand up to the point that you have three hands total. Free UK Delivery on Eligible Orders. The second best combination is a Five Card Trick consisting of 5 cards summing.

Then all the gamblers make their bets according to the table min stake level and limits. The dealers hand is dealt with both cards facing down. Only 4-card hands that you ever stand with in Pontoon are hard totals of 18 or more.

Therefore an ace can be 1 or 11. The simple objective is to hit 21 or get as close to that number as possible. In doing so separate each card into two hands put them face-up and place an equal bet to your initial bet.

So if after doubling on any 3-card hand in Pontoon your hand does not yet total hard 18 or more hit that Pontoon hand again. There are no upcards in Pontoon. The end goal of the game remains the same the player aims at having a hand higher than the dealers without going over 21.

A combination of an Ace and a face card is called a Pontoon and is equivalent to a Blackjack hand. Then the dealer deals the second card. To do this all players take a seat the pack of cards standard 52 card deck is shuffled and each player is dealt t a card face up.

Announce a Pontoon if you have an ace and a ten point card declare your pontoon by placing your ten point card face-down and your ace face-up on top of it. You can also double after splitting and you can hit after doubling. Pontoon is when a player is dealt two initial cards that toal 21 points similar to blackjack.