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Pontoon (Australian)

Australian Pontoon is Spanish 21 under different names. There is no hole card and no dealer peek.

What this game changes

The dealer takes one card and draws after the player finishes. A player who doubles into a dealer blackjack therefore loses the whole bet. The good hands are called a pontoon and a five card trick. The five card trick pays as a bonus hand rather than a plain win.

Rules at this table

The simulator deals this game with the rules below.

Decks
8
Deck composition
48 cards, tens removed
Dealer on soft 17
Hits
Blackjack pays
2:1
Double allowed on
Any number of cards
Double after split
Yes
Splits allowed
Up to 4 hands
Resplit aces
No
Surrender
Not offered
Dealer peek
No
Shuffle
Every hand
Published house edge
0.38%

The house edge shown is a published figure for this game. This site did not solve it.

Strategy and grading

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The table itself deals normally, so you can play the game exactly as it stands.

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What the engine does not model yet

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Where these rules come from

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