Table 3

House-funded splits and doubles on qualifying hands.

The studio baseline ruleset.

No hole card until player action completes.

Player-friendly East Coast ruleset.

Strip standard with liberal splitting.

Downtown rules with dealer hitting soft 17.

Both dealer cards face up, ties go to dealer.

Play two hands and swap second cards.

British-style pontoon with five-card tricks.

Bonus-rich variant with diamond blackjack payouts.

Dealer plays with both cards exposed.

Single deck, fast shoe cycle.

Two-deck pitch style shoe.

Standard six-deck shoe game.

Eight-deck shoe for high-volume tables.

Random multipliers applied to winning hands.

Unlimited seats with a shared player hand.

Player never busts, but pushes to dealer 22.

Classic rules built around the 21+3 wager.

Surrender-forward ruleset with early surrender.

Baseline rules tuned for maximum side bet coverage.

Elevated limits with dealer-friendly speed.

Private-room ruleset with host dealer and slow pace.