The Brass Fern Salon

Blackjack

Coins are never sold, transferred or redeemable.

Ages 18 and older

These are play coins, with no real-money prizes.

Connecting to your wallet…

How to play Blackjack

Choose a play-coin bet, then Deal. Make a total closer to 21 than the dealer without going over. Aces count as 1 or 11; face cards count as 10. Hit takes a card, Stand ends your hand. Your total and available actions stay visible.

These table rules

Six decks are freshly shuffled for each hand. The dealer stands on all 17s, including soft 17. A natural Blackjack pays 3:2; a normal win pays 1:1, and a push returns your stake. The displayed return includes your original wager. The dealer checks for Blackjack before you act when showing an Ace or ten-value card.

Double on any first two cards, including after a split: add an equal bet, take exactly one card and stand. Split equal ranks into two hands, up to four hands in total. Each new hand requires an equal additional bet. Split Aces receive one card each and cannot be split again. A 21 after splitting is a normal win, not a natural Blackjack. No surrender.

When the dealer shows an Ace, you may buy insurance for half the original bet. It returns three times its cost if the dealer has Blackjack (2:1 profit); otherwise it loses. Insurance is separate from your main hand. You may always decline it.

A thoughtful pace

Read your total before acting; an Ace marked Soft can still count as 1. Doubling and splitting commit additional coins. Insurance is not protection against every dealer win. No previous hand predicts the next one. Oren never urges you to chase a loss.

Your wallet and unfinished hands

The server shuffles, deals and settles your hand. It keeps the hidden cards secret. Bets are deducted when committed; returns are credited once when a hand finishes. Leaving or refreshing resumes the same hand, without another charge. A failed connection keeps a retry receipt on this device. Refresh or Retry confirms it safely.

These card tables use your existing Boardwalk coin balance and unlocked bet limits. Card bets do not currently award machine XP, contribute to progressive jackpots, or receive machine bonuses. Visit the Boardwalk wallet for gifts and balance details. No offline coin play is substituted when the server is unavailable.

Nothing starts automatically. Choose Next hand when you are ready. Sound starts off; Relaxed, Normal and Fast change presentation only. Tap during a deal to speed it up. Reduced motion uses fades, and Flat turns off host movement.