- create a single deck of playing cards
- two players (called Sam and the Dealer) who will play against each other
- each player is given two cards from the top of a shuffled deck of cards
- determine score of a hand[1]
- check if either player has blackjack (21) with their initial hand and wins the game
- if neither player has blackjack then Sam can start drawing cards from the top of the deck
- Sam should stop drawing cards from the deck if their total reaches 17 or higher
- Sam has lost the game if their total is higher than 21
- when Sam has stopped drawing cards the Dealer can start drawing cards from the top of the deck
- the Dealer should stop drawing cards when their total is higher than Sam.
- the Dealer has lost the game if their total is higher than 21
- determine which player wins the game
[1] Numbered cards are their point value. Jack, Queen and King count as 10 and Ace counts as 11.