(That’s because the initial two cards in the hand were a pair of aces.) If you split a pair of aces and receive, say, a queen to one ace, and a jack to the other ace, both hands total 21, not blackjack. For example,Ī + K (blackjack) beats a 9 + 2 + Q (21). The latter occurs when a player is dealt a card with a point value of 10 (e.g., 10, Jack, Queen, or King) and an ace.Ī player blackjack will beat a dealer hand that totals 21 in three or more cards.
When the point value of the initial two cards that are dealt to a player totals 21, this is known as a blackjack hand.
