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Guide: Blackjack
This guide has been created to help others get through the frustration of finding your way in the Gaian economy. Please do not repost this without permission and/or also giving due credit to me.

I cannot promise results from any of these methods, as what you earn will greatly depend on the amount of time, effort, and skill you are willing or capable of putting into them!

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Blackjack is a card game. The goal is to have a total of 21 "points" in your hand (the point count is kept to the left of the cards you are dealt). Each card is worth a specific amount of points. 2-10's are worth their equivalent amounts, and jacks/ queens/ kings are each worth 10 points. An ace can be counted as either 11 OR 1 point. What this means is that if you have an ace and a 3, it will be 14 points, but if you draw a 9, you will have 13 points. You can choose to "stand" at any time, which means playing whatever your current hand is against your opponent. The opponents HAVE to have at least 17 points in order to stand. What this means is that it is rather easy for them to go over if they have to keep drawing. It is often good to stand if you have a total score of 16 points or more.

Opponents:
First opponent: Russell
->Cheats: Can play a "pocket ace" when his rage meter is full. What this means is he can select one of his hands and add an ace to it
Second opponent: Jinxi
->Cheats: Can do a "Fresh start" when her rage meter is full, which means that she will draw a whole new hand.
Third opponent: Cardbot
->Cheats: Can use both "fresh start" and "pocket ace"

*Each opponent will also give you a number of tickets after they lose. Russell gives 25, Jinxi 50, and Cardbot 100.

Your options:
Rage Meter/ Cheating:
When your "rage meter" is full, you can either peek at the hand the other person was dealt, OR you can make them have to have different cards (the equivalent of a fresh start). It is often good to use your "rage" when you have a "push" (see below).

Double Down:
Double down means that you will draw one more card and at the same time add three more tokens to the pot. This can be rather risky, as you never know what that one card will be. It is NOT recommended to use this if you have less than 10 points showing in your hand to start with. You will lose the option to do this maneuver is you have already hit the "hit" button.

Push:
Sometimes you'll see it say Push. This occurs when you both have the same number, and simply means that the coins from that hand will be put aside and go to the winner of the next hand.

The bars at the top:
You can pretty much ignore your own bar. The one for your opponent will show how close you are to beating them. The closer to the right the closer you are to moving on to the next person.

Tips:
-NEVER play your winnings, only play tokens.
-It's a lot faster to play three tokens at once when playing cards.





 
 
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