Betting and winning

After the cards have been dealt, the game goes on with each player taking action in clockwise order starting to dealers left. First, the player must declare if he wants to take advantage of the side rules explained below. You can only use the side rules once, when its your turn to act after the deal. Then the player can keep his hand as it is stand or take more cards from the deck hit, one at a time, until either the player judges that the hand is strong enough to go up against the dealers hand and stands, or until it goes over 21, in which case the player immediately loses busts. In most places, players can take as many cards as they like, as long as they dont bust, but some casinos have restrictions regarding this.