Daily blackjack shoe
Twenty hands from the same shoe for everyone today. Play them, then see your net units and your basic strategy accuracy against everyone else’s.
Shuffling today’s shoe…
How it works
Every day at midnight UTC a six-deck shoe is shuffled from the date, the same for every player in the world. Twenty hands come out of it, and every player’s hand number 7 opens with the same cards.
You bet one unit a hand. Doubles and splits put more on the table, as at a casino. Your net units are the score; the trainer’s rules apply: six decks, dealer hits soft 17, double after split, late surrender.
Every hit, stand, double, split and surrender is checked against basic strategy as you play, so the shoe is also twenty hands of practice. Your accuracy is the second score.
When the shoe is done you see how everyone did today: the spread of net units and of accuracy. Finishing the shoe counts as a day of your streak, like the daily hand; every seven days in a row banks a streak freeze that covers one missed day.
Questions and answers
Is the daily blackjack shoe free?
Yes. It plays in your browser with virtual chips, with no sign-up and no real money. Signing in is optional and only keeps your streak and results across devices.
Does everyone really get the same cards?
Yes. The shoe is shuffled from the date, and each of the twenty hands starts at its own place in it, so your hand 7 opens with the same two cards and the same dealer card as everyone else’s, whatever you did before. The cards you draw after that depend on your decisions.
How is the score worked out?
Net units: one unit a hand, with blackjacks paying 3 to 2, doubles and splits counting double, and surrenders half. The second score is how many of your decisions matched basic strategy for the table’s rules. The server replays your actions on its own copy of the shoe, so nobody can post a score they didn’t play.
What is a streak freeze?
Every seven days in a row of daily play banks a freeze, up to two. If you miss a day, a freeze covers it and the streak goes on. Both the daily hand and the daily shoe count as a day.