A player’s 21 always beats the dealer’s 21.The Spanish deck doesn’t have any 10-value cards.The game is played with 6–8 Spanish decks of cards, each containing 48 cards.However, there are some key differences when compared to the classic blackjack variant: Cards from 2 to 9 are counted at their face value.Each jack, king, and the queen is worth 10.To begin the hand, the player receives two cards face-up, whereas the dealer receives one card face-down and the other face-up.The game objective is to create a hand as close as possible to 21 without busting.
The game is played between the dealer and 1 to 7 players.This is what the basic structure of Spanish 21 blackjack looks like:
