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5-card 21 (blackjack)

Blackjack term

A bonus for a 21 made with 5 or more cards.

In Spanish 21 and Pontoon, a 5-card 21 pays 3 to 2, 6 cards 2 to 1, and 7 or more 3 to 1; it is not paid on doubled hands. Because of the bonus, the same total can have a different answer with more cards. Example: in Spanish 21, 16 against 3 stands with 2 to 5 cards and hits with 6 (a 21 then pays 2 to 1). Different from the Five Card Trick of the home game Pontoon (5 cards without busting).

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