As soon as he gets settled down on the blackjack table, he could only watch on as he is given a couple of chips for the bets. Everyone places down at least a chip or a ‘bet’, Jamie makes a bet of two chips, as the dealer begins a new round: distributing the cards to the players, the journalism student included.

He still remembers his aunt teaching him about the cards’ value in the game as soon as he is given his first card, a 6 with diamonds. The the dealer gives Jamie and three other players another card each, Jamie’s a 5 with hearts, before tucking in theirs onto the first card back facing up.

Right now he has an amount of 11 so he has to play wisely to go as close to 21 to the dealer without busting.