Super Fun 21

Hello everyone, as usual I have released a new game on my website today: Super Fun 21. Please let me know if you have any issues or suggestions.

It's just blackjack, but with the following differences:

1. Split, hit and double aces as much as you want
2. Any 5-card+ 21 wins 2:1
3. 6-card non-busting hand will automatically win
4. Double on any number of cards
5. Surrender on any number of cards
6. Double down rescue is allowed
7. Suited blackjacks pay 2:1, otherwise they pay 1:1 :(

On the Wizard of Odds site it says that only Diamond Blackjacks get paid 2:1 but I am pretty sure it was Suited Blackjack where I played this - Wikipedia mentions a 6:5 payout.

Anyways, have any of you played this game, maybe under a different name or with slightly different rules? To me it's not exactly clear what "Super Fun 21" is - is it its own game or is it just a regional ruleset of blackjack like how Reno has its own rules regarding double? - Super Fun 21 doesn't have any particularly defining characteristic like switching cards, free bet tokens, or a deck with missing 10s unlike other full-fledged blackjack variants.
It seems very similar to "Most Liberal Blackjack" that exists in Vegas, perhaps they could be seen as part of the same game family with "Super Fun 21", or perhaps they are just blackjack games with a group of fairly divergent rules.

I've really gotta veer away from 1:1 payouts on the BJ. Most of my winnings come from the BJ's themselves and shaving off for 6:5 or 1:1 hurts my game.

I played this game at Las Vegas several years ago. I would call it American 21, instead of Spanish 21. The only difference between them is the former blackjack is paid 1:1, but the latter 3:2.

These game investors were not innovative at all!

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To me it's not exactly clear what "Super Fun 21" is - is it its own game or is it just a regional ruleset of blackjack like how Reno has its own rules regarding double? - Super Fun 21 doesn't have any particularly defining characteristic like switching cards, free bet tokens, or a deck with missing 10s unlike other full-fledged blackjack variants.
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(Decisively abbreviated!)

My criteria that separates "Blackjack" games from the rest of the "21" family is that in Blackjack, naturals pay a premium. (I recogmize this differs from the original namesake game.)
In Super Fun 21, only suited naturals (or sometimes suited naturals in a particular suit) pay at a premium.

You can, of course, choose your own distinction to get hung up on.

It's a blackjack derivative that used to be widely dealt. I haven't seen it dealt other than from a CSM in a long time. (Unfortunately!)

I'm not even going to make a new post for this because but I added Spanish 21, enjoy.

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I'm not even going to make a new post for this because but I added Spanish 21, enjoy.
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Needs a little work. In the text on the right, there is a misspelling, and an error of the type that would be pointed out by a grammar Nazi.

We don't call an initial bet an ante in blackjack games. That term is best left to the world of poker-based games.

The game results being splashed over the top of the screen in verbose form doesn't help. Maybe something demure and on the bottom of the screen: "Win $1000", "Push", "Lose $2000" etc.

And you left out the most important rule of all in Spanish 21! That's the player wins automatically with any 21, including a blackjack. That's worth more than all the rare hand bonuses put together. (And the rare hands win automatically too, along with their bonuses, because they are 21s.)

And you left the pip 10s in the shoe! Can't do that. It does happen in casinos very rarely, where they forget to take the 10s out. I saw it once at Resorts. See if you can guess what I did to that table.

Not to be discouraging. Just trying to help you get your project the best it can be.

Monkey is right. Any player 21 wins automatically and six-card 21 wins 2:1 automatically, but this is not showing now. See picture.