I had one of those moments that makes you question your memory.
Growing up, everyone in my family called the game blackjack. Same deck, same goal, same arguments over aces. I never had a reason to think otherwise.
A few weeks ago I was watching a video about casino games and realized the rules didn’t quite match what I remembered. After digging around, it turned out we’d been playing Pontoon the whole time and simply calling it blackjack.
That also explained why some “obvious” rules I’d learned as a kid confused people whenever I mentioned them.
I ended up searching for blackjack rules explained just to separate the two games in my head. They’re clearly related, but once you compare them side by side, you realize how easy it is to grow up thinking they’re exactly the same.