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Common-Hand Blackjack®
The New Way to Deal and Play Blackjack
Currently played Live in South Africa.
Video Presentation

Advantages of Common-Hand Blackjack®
The House edge is identical with that of standard Blackjack.
Fewer cards are dealt since only a single hand is in play which all Players share.
Each Player makes his own play decisions. All play decisions are concurrent.
The Game is significantly faster than Standard Blackjack with more betting round (more bets) per hour allowing a bigger drop and therefore more revenue per hour.

Playing Procedures:
One Split only.

Step 1. All Players make their bets.

Step 2. A Common-Hand of two cards is dealt face up and one card is dealt face up to the Dealer.

Step 3. Each Player makes a play decision to draw a card, to double down or to stand.
If the Player elects to draw a card or double down go to Step 4.
If the Player elects to stand go to Step 5.

Step 4. Once every Player has made his play decision a third card is dealt face up and will belong to those Players who have elected to draw a card or double down.
Players who has double down go to Step 5.
If the hand value is below 21 after the third card is exposed, any Player may stand or request a fourth card.
The same procedure as in Step 3 (no double down) is followed until all Players stand or bust.

Step 5. When the Player stands the value of the hand is recorded on the Blackjack Grid (as illustrated).

Step 6. When all Players' play decisions have been executed. The Dealer will burn a card and draws to his hand in the normal way.

What to do with Splittable-Pairs (using Stephen’s Split-Pairs concept)

The following Table sets out the Split-Pair Options and Consequences (using Stephen’s Split-Pairs)

Rules	Situation	Players Decisions	Consequence
1	Splittable pair is dealt as the Common-Hand	All decide not to split	One non-split hand of two cards (See Fig 1) is played and the hand will be played to completion.
2	Splittable pair is dealt as the Common-Hand	All decide to split	Two split hands of one card each (See Fig 2) are played to completion. The original hand no longer exists.
3	Splittable pair is dealt as the Common-Hand	Some split – Some don't split	Three Common-Hands are played; one non-split hand of two cards and two split hands of one card each (See Fig 3). Non-split Hand (See Fig 1) is played and completed before dealing with the two new hands created by the split cards (See Fig 2).
NOTE: Only one split is permitted per deal

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Using the Rules Below. The House Edge is 0.66%

This invention can also be used for Internet entertainment and video slot machines. It could also be stored on a disk and played on a computer or interactive television.