Blackjack Mishap
Trivia brain teasers have some element of trivia in them, but they are not just pure trivia questions.
A long time gambler sits down at a blackjack table at a casino. He is dealt two cards that come to a whopping total of twelve. He asks for a hit, receives another card, and the total of his cards is still twelve. What two cards was he first dealt? And what was his third card?
HintThere are four options for the third card dealt to him.
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Answer
His first two cards were two aces, totaling to twelve, and the third card could have been a ten, jack, queen, or king, changing the value of the two aces to one each.
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Comments
cloudchamber
Jul 01, 2005
| WAY TOO EASY.
But then again I work as a pit boss in a casino here in atlantic city. Before that one of the games I dealt was BJ so I had an unfair advantage on this one. |
DancAllNiteLong 
Jul 01, 2005
| That was hard   But then again, I'm a card game illiterate, so don't listen to me.  |
sambean
Jul 01, 2005
| that was hard i thought it had something to do with a joker very smart though |
tamjp  
Jul 01, 2005
|  Hurray for me I got it! Proof of my mispent youth! 
Good job! That was a fun trivia question to figure out!  |
Kalliann
Jul 01, 2005
| Good Job on this one! |
norcekri
Jul 01, 2005
| I don't buy this one. If the subject was, indeed, a long-time gambler, he would have gone double-down with a pair of aces. |
madleon
Jul 02, 2005
| ez but i lked it |
zigthepig
Jul 03, 2005
| i'm just a teenager so i didnt get it. i rated it easy my mistake!!!  |
okieman51
Jul 03, 2005
| I cannot believe they put this one in. Way to easy for anyone who has ever played blackjack. Boring Alert! Boring Alert!  |
blca
Jul 06, 2005
| I loved this one. I play blackjack a lot you know! |
seraphim26
Jul 08, 2005
| I feel really dumb I didn't know that a third card could change the value of the other cards. I liked it though  |
karma48
Jul 14, 2005
| EXTREMELY EASY. I play blackjack. Still fun. By the way a good player would NEVER doubledown on aces. That player would SPLIT them. Always split aces and eights. |
kcelf27
Aug 08, 2005
| For those who didn't understand the value thing...an ace is 1 OR 11. Two aces would equal 2 OR 12. Then the next card could be a 10,J,Q,or K as stated...and then one would decided to make the aces 1 each so they would not go over 21. THUS....adding a 10 would make it 12 still.
I don't even play poker....but I knew the answer quickly.
I still found it enjoyable and have to know that not everyone would find this EASY. |
nathalia
Aug 30, 2005
| good one  |
sweetime
Sep 06, 2005
| i thought it was great teaser!
i thuoght that someone had stuffed up somewhere and dealt a joker |
smarty_blondy
Sep 26, 2005
| Nice job with this one. Keep it up. |
truetease
Oct 11, 2005
| This one is realy kool!!! |
paul726
May 30, 2006
| Norcekri, don't you mean that he'd have split them, rather than doubling down? |
OldChinaHand
Jul 02, 2006
| I would have split them...but I rarely even brake even. Good One.  |
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