Pontoon in Australia is usually played with a Spanish 48-card deck without 10s.

Pontoon rules cards. Aces count as 1 or 11 whichever is to your advantage eg. Thus you cannot see them. Any hand that has no value of 21 and contains four or fewer cards.

The value of the cards decides the hand that is closer to 21 wins. BB1 is the more common of the three rules in Australian Pontoon. Pontoon card game is one of the most popular card games.

However the face value cannot exceed 21. The best possible hand is a two-card 21 or pontoon. All cards have the same value as in blackjack.

A hand of less than 21 with four of fewer cards. After the next highest hand is 3 or 4 cards which total 21. This is the worst rule as it offers no compensation on a dealer natural.

State Variations of Pontoon. Let us know few basic rules The game is played with eight 52-card decks. An ace plus a royal card or 10.

Remember all 10s have been removed from Pontoon decks. Pontoon is also what you called in a total hand value of 21. Five cards of any total value under or equal to 21 obviously.