This is another variety of Twenty-One, one player being the
hanker, the others, from three to eleven, the punters. Three packs
of cards are shuffled together and used as one. The face cards and
tens count nothing; all spot cards, including the ace, reckon at their
face value. The object is to secure cards whose total numerical
value most closely approaches eight or nine. An eight made with
two cards is better than a nine made with three.
Players make their bets on the right or left of the table, any
amounts they please, before the deal begins. The banker lays the
cards before him, face down, and slips off the top card, giving it to
the player on his right, face down. Then he gives a card to the
player on his left and then one to himself. This is repeated and
then the three players examine their two cards.
If any of the three has eight or nine he shows it at once. If the
banker has eight or nine and neither punter has as much, the
banker wins everything on the table. If either player has more than
the banker, he wins. If equal, it is a stand off. All the bets made on
the side of the table on which the player sits must be paid or lost
according to the success or failure of the player holding cards who
sits on that side.
If no one has eight or nine the banker must offer a card, face down,
to the player on his right. If he refuses it, it is offered to the player
on the left, and if he refuses it, the banker must take it. If the
player on the right takes it, the one on the left may ask for one, but
the banker is not obliged to take a card if his offer is accepted by
either punter although he may take one if he desires. Cards so
drawn are at once turned face up. Each player may draw only one
card. A player cannot go over nine. If he has a six and draws a
seven his count would not be thirteen, but three, because all tens
are counted nothing.
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