Consider the worth of your hand and the dealer’s visible card. In Pontoon, the goal is to have a hand worth higher than the dealer’s hand without going bust. If the vendor goes bust, all players who’re nonetheless within the recreation win. It’s necessary to notice that if the player and vendor have palms with the same value, it’s considered a “push” or tie, and the player’s bet is returned. In the sport of pontoon, the banker deals two cards to themselves, face down, which complicates matters as a end result of none of the dealer’s cards are visible. In distinction, the dealer in blackjack deals one card face up and one card face down.