To play Blackjack on any Pragmatic Play live table, first place your bet and receive two random cards face up. The dealer will have one card facing up and one as a mystery card facing down.
Your goal is to get a hand value as close to 21 as possible without going over (going over, whether your hand or the dealer is considered a "Bust"), while beating the dealer’s hand. @cocopop3011 please don't bust when you capture your screenshot!
If you get an Ace with a number like 6, you'll have a "soft 17" meaning your hand is a 7 / 17. In this hand you can choose to stand or hit for another card, you won't bust yet depending on the next card given.
Aces are valued at either 1 or 11 which makes them both a valuable card for yourself as well as a dangerous card for the dealer! 2 - 9 are of their own values while 10, J Q and K are considered 10 in value.
If you get two Aces you can only choose to split the cards as two independent hands but the dealer will draw one card only for each! You cannot double down on those!
Doubling down too is considered one card only as well, for better or worse! Doubling down also adds twice your current bet! (Ie. $2 bets would be another $2 for $4 total)
If you receive an Ace and any face card including 10 then it is an automatic blackjack which pays your win, bet back plus half! Technically 3 to 2 of your bet!
There is also where the dealer's hand and your hand are considered the same (Dealer's hand 17, your hand is 17) then that is a "Push" which is a draw! Your bet is returned to you!
At other times in scenarios where the dealer has an Ace at the beginning of the hand, you'll have the option to opt for "insurance" which costs half of your current bet so a $2 bet would cost you $1 to insure your hand in case the dealer has a 10 or any face card to give him/her blackjack with his/her Ace. If you believe the dealer isn't hiding any face card/10 then don't insure your hand. Insurance only pays if the dealer has a blackjack (A J, A Q, etc.). You lose your insurance if the dealer doesn't have blackjack so consider that risk!
Other pairs can be split and/or doubled down! They don't necessarily have to be perfect pairs, they can be split if you have 10 and a king or other combinations.
If your first two cards are a pair (like two 8s.), you can choose to split them into two separate hands, each with it's own bet. After splitting, PP now allows you to use the Double Down After Split feature on either of your new hands, you can double your bet and receive just one more card for that hand. To trigger this, simply split your pair, then select the double down option on one or both split hands when prompted during your turn, you'll have a few seconds to take action (on or about 10 seconds).
Remember that you need to split and double down in order to qualify your entries!
Hope I covered all that!
"Side Bets" is another category to explain which is for another day.