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Address: 35 Wharf Street, Cairns, Queensland 4870
General Enquiries: (07) 4030 8888
Opening Hours: 10am to 4am weekdays, 24 hours weekends
Email: marketing@reefcasino.com.au
Website: http://www.reefcasino.com.au

How to get there: Easy access as it is located in the centre of town.

General Conditions: Numbers of blackjack tables are as follows:

$5-$200: 5
$10-$500: 6
$25-$1000: 4
$50-$2000: 2

Currently two decks are cut out of 8 decks.

Blackjack Rules

• 8 decks
• Double on 9, 10 or 11.
• Dealer stands on soft 17 (S17)
• Split to 2 hands, including Aces
• One card only on split aces
• Double after split (DAS)
• Double on soft 9 or 10
• Blackjack pays 3:2
• Insurance pays 2:1
• Dealer blackjack takes Original Bets Only (OBO)
• First card from shoe burnt, and shown to players.

Blackjack Basic Strategy

For a given set of blackjack rules, there is only one best action to take for each possible hand a player may get versus each possible upcard a dealer may have.  This set of "best actions" is know as the Basic Strategy.  The basic strategy to be followed at Reef Casino is as follows:

 For hard totals:

	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	A
9	H	D	D	D	D	H	H	H	H	H
10	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	H	H
11	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	H
12	H	H	S	S	S	H	H	H	H	H
13	S	S	S	S	S	H	H	H	H	H
14	S	S	S	S	S	H	H	H	H	H
15	S	S	S	S	S	H	H	H	H	H
16	S	S	S	S	S	H	H	H	H	H
17	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S

For pairs:

	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	A
2,2	SP	SP	SP	SP	SP	SP
3,3	SP	SP	SP	SP	SP	SP
4,4				SP	SP
5,5
6,6	SP	SP	SP	SP	SP
7,7	SP	SP	SP	SP	SP	SP
8,8	SP	SP	SP	SP	SP	SP	SP	SP	SP	SP
9,9	SP	SP	SP	SP	SP		SP	SP
10,10
A,A	SP	SP	SP	SP	SP	SP	SP	SP	SP	SP

For Soft totals, always hit on soft 17 or less.  Hit on soft 18 if dealer shows 9, 10 or Ace.

House Edge: 0.561%

INDEX
The dealer up-card is displayed along the top, and the players totals down the side. "S" = "stand" "H" = "hit" "D" = "double" "SP" = "split"