Sette e Mezzo
The Game
The objective of Sette e Mezzo is to gain the highest possible hand total without exceeding 7½.
To Start the Game
When the game opens, the Preferences screen, shown below, is displayed. Select the deck design, card back, and table color you wish to use.
Using the radial buttons at the bottom of the game screen, whether or not you wish to see card numbers on cards.
Click on Save to save your preferences, or Cancel to make no changes.
Cards
A single deck of 40 cards of the selected deck design is used. The deck is shuffled between games, and consists of 4 suits. Each card has a numeric value. Face cards are worth half a point each, whereas cards from the ace to seven are worth their nominal value.
You can choose from 5 different decks, Napoletane, Piacentine, Siciliane, Piemontesi & International
How to Play
Select the value of your chips. The currency will reflect the currency of your account. To select a chip value, simply click on the chip of the value you require on the edge of the table. The following chip values are available: 10, 25, 50, 100, 250, 1k, 10k
To make your selection, click on the area of the table of your choice. Every click will place on the table a chip of the value you selected. Different chip values may be used on different bets by selecting a different chip value after each bet.
Each betting spot on the table is a separate bet.
Once you are happy with your selection, click on Deal and your bet will be placed.
The Banker (dealer) deals one card face down to each active betting spot, then one to himself.
Player Hand Play
For each of your hands, you may Hit and/or Stand. If your hand Bust’s, it will be marked accordingly.
Dealer Hand Play
Once you have finished playing your hands, the Banker’s unseen card is turned over.
If all your hands have Bust, the game ends.
Otherwise the Banker may Hit and/or Stand
Once the Banker’s hand has been played, the result of each of your hands is determined and any winnings are shown on the table.
Definitions
| Doppio 7 | This is two 7’s |
| Sette e Mezzo Realissimo | This is 7½ in two cards, one of the cards being the Joker. The Joker is the King of Coins in the Napoletane, Piacentine, and Siciliane deck designs, and the King of Diamonds in the Piemontesi, Genovesi and International deck designs |
| Sette e Mezzo Reale | This is 7½ in two cards, one 7 and one picture card |
| Sette e Mezzo Classic | This is 7½ in more than two cards |
Winning Bets
| Banker’s Hand Value | Player’s Hand Value | Result |
| Over 7½ | Player hand Busts | |
| Doppio 7 | Doppio 7 | Banker wins |
| Any hand except Doppio 7 | Doppio 7 | Player wins |
| 8 or more | Not Bust | Player wins |
| Sette e Mezzo Realissimo | Sette e Mezzo Reale | Banker wins |
| Sette e Mezzo Realissimo | Sette e Mezzo Classic | Banker wins |
| Sette e Mezzo Reale | Sette e Mezzo Classic | Banker wins |
| Sette e Mezzo Reale | Sette e Mezzo Realissimo | Player wins |
| Sette e Mezzo Classic | Sette e Mezzo Realissimo | Player wins |
| Sette e Mezzo Classic | Sette e Mezzo Reale | Player wins |
| Sette e Mezzo Realissimo | Sette e Mezzo Realissimo | Banker wins |
| Sette e Mezzo Reale | Sette e Mezzo Reale | Banker wins |
| Sette e Mezzo Classic | Sette e Mezzo Classic | Banker wins |
| Sette e Mezzo Classic, Reale or Realissimo | Less than 7½ | Banker wins |
| Less than 7½ | Sette e Mezzo Classic, Reale or Realissimo | Player wins |
| Less than 7½ | Equal to or lower than the Banker’s total | Banker wins |
| Less than 7½ | Less than 7½ but higher than Banker’s total | Player wins |
Game Controls
| Slip ID | The current SlipID is displayed once the game has been started. When viewing your bet history, your bets are displayed under their associated Slip ID which is the Bet ID rounded down to the nearest 100. For example, if your Bet ID was 1234567891101, the relevant Slip ID would be 1234567891100. |
| Speed | This allows you to control the speed of the game. Click and drag the control to the left to slow, or to the right to speed up. |
| Total Stake | This display shows the total amount that will be deducted from your balance when you place your bet. |
| Table Limits | This control opens the Table Limits details, showing minimum and maximum stake limits. |
| Preferences | This control opens the Preferences screen, allowing you to change your previously selected game preferences. |
| Chip Selector | This allows you to change the value of your chips. |
| Deal | This control allows you to place your bet and deal the cards. |
| Hit | This control allows you to accept further cards (on hands where you do not have 7½) until you either Stand or Bust |
| Stand | This control allows you to refuse further cards (on hands where you do not have 7½. |
| Hit and Double | This control allows you to double your bet and take further cards (on hands where you do not have 7½) until you either Stand or Bust. |
| Stand and Double | This control allows you to double your bet and refuse more cards (on hands where you do not have 7½). |
| Double | This control places double the chip selection that was placed on your previous bet |
| Same Bet | This control, only available after a bet has finished, allows you to place on the table the same chip selections you made for your previous bet. |
| Undo | This control allows you to undo your last action. Eg if you last placed a chip on the table, by clicking on Undo you will remove the chip. |
| Redo | This control allows you to redo your previous Undo action. Eg if you placed a chip then clicked Undo to remove it from the table then clicked Redo, the chip would be put back on the table. |
| Clear | This control allows you to remove all chips from the table simultaneously. |
| Rebet | This control, only available after a bet has finished, allows you to place a bet with the same chip selections you made for your previous bet. |
| New Game | This button starts a new game. |
Payouts
| Wager | Odds Payout |
| Winning Hand | 2.00 |
| Sette e Mezzo Reale | 3.00 |
| Sette e Mezzo Realissimo | 3.00 |
| Doppio 7 | 4.00 |