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At a blackjack table, the dealer faces five to nine playing positions from behind a semicircular table. Between one and eight standard 52-card decks are electronically shuffled together The dealer deals from their far left to their far right. The table can consist of 1-6 players. Each player gets an initial hand of two cards visible to the people playing on it. The dealer's hand gets its first card face up and gets a second card face down (the hole card), which the dealer peeks at but only reveals when it makes the dealer's hand a blackjack. the dealer's second card is not drawn until the players have played their hands. Dealers deal the cards from deck(shoe) or a shuffling machine. The object of the game is to win money by having card totals higher than the dealer's hand but not exceeding 21. If a player’s cards exceed 21, they automatically lose. Players choose to "hit" (take a card), "stand" (end their turn), "double" (double their wager and only takes a single card), "split" (if the two cards have the same value. The cards are split into two hands at double the wager), or "surrender" (give up a half-bet and retire from the game. Surrender is dependent on the table’s rule). Number cards count as their number, the jack, queen, and king ("face cards") count as 10, and aces count as either 1 or 11. After all players have finished playing, the dealer's hand plays their hand by drawing cards until the hand hits a total of 17 or higher (a dealer must stand at total of 17 including an ace valued as 11). The dealer cannot do doubles, splits, or surrenders. If the dealer busts, all remaining player hands win. If the dealer does not bust, the player will win if their card number is higher. If the count is the same, the hand is called a push. The player gets their money back. A player total of 21 on the first two cards is a "blackjack," and the player wins immediately unless dealer also has one, in which case the hand ties. If the dealer also has a blackjack, the hand is considered a push.