Player cannot stand until they have a total of 15 or higher unless they have a 5 Card Trick.Where Split hands are concerned this means the player can Double once on each split hand. Players can only Double once per hand.Player can Double at any point when they have 4 or less cards.
Any 5 card unbusted hand is called a ‘5 Card Trick’ and beats all dealer hands other than Pontoon and a matching 5 Card Trick.Blackjack (a Ten card and an Ace dealt as the first 2 cards) is called ‘Pontoon’ and paid at 2 to 1.We are currently aware of Pontoon being offered by the following online casino softwares – Playtech, Microgaming, RealTime Gaming, Net Entertainment, OpenBet and GamesOS*.ĭifferences to standard Blackjack and rules that are standard to the online game The Australian Pontoon game will be covered separately and we’ll refer to it as Spanish 21 which is what this game is referred to as when it’s offered online. There is some confusion around the game Pontoon given that the same name is given to a different game in Australia. Pontoon is a variant of the standard Blackjack game.
