Guide to Blackjack Related Games

Blackjack is one of several card games that can be considered "comparing" card games. These games determine who wins or loses by comparing cards and/or combinations of cards from opponents' hands. Different comparing card games have different criteria for determining the strength of the hand, and sometimes these criteria can be significantly different. Poker and blackjack both use a comparison method of determining who wins, but the strengths of the hands are determined in completely different ways.:

This section of our website is a complete guide to card games which are related to blackjack. Some of these games actually predate the current game of 21 and can be considered ancestors of the game, while others are variants of blackjack which are popular in different locations. All of the games in this section use a comparison methodology for determining who wins and loses. The blackjack-related games in this section include:

• Quinze
Popular historical French card game. While no longer played, it's certainly a precursor of modern blackjack.

• Pontoon
Frequently played British card game very similar to blackjack.

• Spanish 21
A fast playing variant of modern blackjack. Uses a deck with all the 10's removed.

• One-and-Thirty
An early version of blackjack with a small dealer edge.

• Seven-and-Half
An Italian card game similar to blackjack.

• Chinese Blackjack
An exotic version of blackjack with cool names for hands like "Ban-Ban" and "Ban-Nag".

• Trente-et-Quarante
A popular French game similar to 21 which is still played in casinos in France.