Joho the Blog
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December 14, 2003
My Motorola cell phone robbed me! According to the rules I know, my 18 (3,5,K) beat the dealer's 15 (A,2,2,9,A). Yet the phone claimed that the dealer won, depriving me of those precious ... well, it's a matter of honor!
Tony Goodson is the first to point out, in the comments to this blog entry, that if the dealer gets 5 cards, s/he beats you no matter who has the high hand. And I lived in Atlantic City for five years! Posted
by D. Weinberger at December 14, 2003 06:00 PM
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A five card trick of any value beats your measly 18 with 3 cards!
http://www.black-jack.md/pontoon-blackjack.htm
3. The ranking value of hands in pontoon is as follows:
-A pontoon, which is defined as an ace and any 10-point card, including after splitting
-A five-card trick, which is defined as any 5-card hand that has not busted. All five-card tricks are of the same value, the point total does not matter.
-A non-busted hand of 21 points of less with 4 or less cards. Hands will be ranked within this group according to the total number of points.
-A busted hand of 21 points or more.
Posted by: Tony Goodson | December 14, 2003 07:05 PM
Reminds me of that Twilight Zone episode with the one-armed bandit.
Are we expressing our frustration a little too emphatically with that grip? You never know this phone might some good friends in the grey goo.
BK ;)
Posted by: Bill K | December 14, 2003 07:17 PM
Oh, Tony, now you're just making up rules! :)
(I.e., D'oh!)
Posted by: David Weinberger | December 14, 2003 09:14 PM
the rules here show that a dealers 5-card hand beats any player's under-21
http://www.skykingscasino.com/games_blackjack_rules.asp
Posted by: brent ashley | December 14, 2003 10:49 PM
That's just an old phone, why should you worry about it? I am from Russia, and I must say we seldom see such old Motorolas here :)
Posted by: valiant | December 15, 2003 05:22 AM
Valiant, it's not old. It's cheap. Big difference. (I, however, am both old and cheap.)
Posted by: David Weinberger | December 15, 2003 06:50 AM
The dealer always wins
Posted by: Colin Dowell | December 18, 2003 11:56 AM