Strata Draw — Free Blackjack

Rules reference

Everything the dealer knows.

Hand values

Number cards: Worth their printed number, two through ten.
Jack, Queen, King: Worth ten each.
Ace: Worth eleven, unless eleven would take the hand past twenty-one — then it counts as one. A hand still holding an eleven-value Ace is marked “soft”.
Bust: Any total above twenty-one ends the hand immediately and the stake goes to the house.

The dealer's fixed rule

Draws to 16: With a total of sixteen or less, the dealer must take another card.
Stands on all 17s: At seventeen or more the dealer stops — including a soft seventeen such as Ace-six. There is no discretion and no exception.
Hole card: The dealer's second card stays face down until you stand, reach twenty-one, or bust.
Order of play: You act first, in full. The dealer only draws once your hand is settled.

Payouts

Natural twenty-one: Twenty-one on the opening two cards pays 3 to 2 — a stake of 100 returns 150 coins.
Ordinary win: Beating the dealer any other way pays 1 to 1.
Push: Equal totals return your stake untouched. Two naturals also push.
Loss: A bust, or a lower total than the dealer, forfeits the stake.

About the coins

Your balance starts at 1,000 virtual coins and lives only in this browser tab. It is not saved, not linked to an account, and not visible to us. Reloading the page restores the starting balance, and the “reset balance” control does the same thing at any moment. If your balance drops below the smallest stake, betting is disabled and the table will say so plainly until you reset.

These coins cannot be purchased, sold, gifted, withdrawn, or exchanged for money, goods, or services. They are a scoring device for a free game, nothing more. Sellentrake accepts no wagers and holds no funds.

Players must be 18 or over. If the game stops being fun, our responsible play guidance is short and worth a minute.