Playing Blackjack online with other people, step by step: the code, the seats, the table rules, and what happens when somebody drops out.
Multiplayer blackjack is not a game against each other. Everybody at the table plays the same dealer, each with their own chips and their own hand, and several players can win the same round. What you share is the dealer's cards, the pace and the result at the end — who finished with the biggest stack.
The table seats up to seven, and one player is enough to deal, so nobody has to wait for a full table. There are no bots here: a bot would only be one more hand against the dealer to wait for.
The host opens the table, which needs a free account, and shares the six-character code or the link from "Copy link". Friends who follow it choose a name for the table and sit down as guests, without an account. Everyone who is going to play has to be seated before the first round, because a game in progress cannot be joined.
In the lobby the host chooses the starting chips (100, 200 or 500), the minimum bet (5, 10 or 25), the number of rounds (10, 20 or 40) and whether the dealer draws or stands on soft 17. Everyone sees the choices as they are made.
Bets are taken from everybody at once, so nobody waits for anybody else to decide. The cards are dealt, insurance is offered to everyone if the dealer shows an ace, and then players act one at a time in seat order: hit, stand, double or split. When the last player has finished, the dealer plays its hand and every bet is settled against it.
When the round is paid out, each player presses "Ready for the next round", and the next one is dealt when all of you have. Everybody can see everybody else's cards — at blackjack nothing you hold helps or hurts another player.
The game lasts the number of rounds the host chose. At the end, whoever has the most chips wins. A player who cannot cover the minimum bet sits out the rounds that are left rather than holding the table up.
Friendly competition works well here: everyone faces the same dealer cards, so the difference between the stacks at the end comes from bets and decisions, not from who got the better opponent.
Because nobody can play a blackjack seat for somebody else, a player who leaves ends the game for the whole table. That includes a player whose connection drops and who does not come back within twenty-five seconds. So choose a number of rounds everybody has time for, and use the link to come straight back if a page closes by accident.
Playing alone is different: nobody else is waiting, and your seat simply stays where it is until you open the table again. Any table nobody touches for six hours is cleared away.