Hit Me

Hit Me is a pricing game on the American television game show, "The Price is Right." This blackjack-based game is played for a four-digit prize, worth between $2,500 and $10,000, and uses grocery items.

Gameplay
The object was for the contestant to "beat the house" in a standard game of blackjack.

Six grocery items are shown, each with its displayed price multiplied by a number between one and 10. Concealed with each product is a standard playing card, which corresponds with the number the product's price is multiplied by.

At the start of the game, the contestant cuts a deck of playing cards, from which the house draws its cards. The house receives two cards – an "up" card and the other face down.

The contestant is then asked to select a grocery item. After host Bob Barker shows the price, he also reveals the card contained within. He/she could continue to draw cards in an effort to build a better hand, or stand at any time and allow the house to play (remembering that the house hit on everything 16 and below, and stands on 17 or higher).

The game ends in one of the following ways:


 * If the contestant hit 21 exactly (usually by drawing an "ace," and "10" or face card), the contestant wins, regardless of the house's hand.
 * If the contestant's hand beats the house's, he/she wins. Ties also go to the contestant.
 * If the house goes over 21 after the contestant stands, the contestant wins.
 * If the house beats the player, the contestant loses.
 * If the contestant goes over 21, he/she "busts" and does not win anything.

Trivia

 * There are always two grocery items the contestant wants to get – the one that is the actual price (it conceals an ace, and can be treated as a "hard 11"), and the other multiplied by 10 (which hides a 10 or a face card).
 * Also, the other four cards are often (but not always) two pairs of numbers adding up to 10 (e.g., 8 and 2; and 4 and 6).


 * The rules for dealing with a "soft" 17-21 -- where an ace is present in the hand and counts as 11 -- are not particularly clear. Sometimes, Bob treats the ace as a 1 and continues drawing, pursuant to Las Vegas rules. Other times, he treats the ace as a hard 11. Bob decides on which of the two options will most benefit the contestant.