Blackjack Strategy Online

Blackjack Rules

Getting your head around all of the different Blackjack rules for all the different online Blackjack variants can make your head spin, so to save you going dizzy below we have explained them!

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Standard Blackjack Rules

This Blackjack variant uses 6 decks of cards.
To ensure a fair game all decks will be re-shuffled after each hand.
The Blackjack rules state that the Dealer Hits Soft 17.
You can Double Down on any 2 cards.
Players can Split up to 3 hands.
Players can Surrender any first 2 cards.
Players can Split Aces but will receive only one card.
Players cannot re-split Aces.

European Blackjack Rules

This Blackjack variant uses 6 decks of cards.
To ensure a fair game all decks will be re-shuffled after each hand.
The Blackjack rules state that the Dealer Hits Soft 17.
You can Double Down on hard totals of 9-11.
Players can Split up to 3 hands.
Players cannot surrender in European Blackjack.
Players can Split Aces but will only receive one additional card.
Players cannot re-split Aces.

Face Up 21 Blackjack Rules

This Blackjack variant uses 8 decks of cards.
To ensure a fair game all decks will be re-shuffled after each hand.
The Blackjack rules state that the Dealer must hit soft 17.
A Blackjack for the Player pays Even Money.
A Player wins always be deemed the winner on all Blackjack Ties.
The Dealer will win all other Tied hands.
Players can Double only on 2 cards which have a total value of either nine, ten or eleven.

Match Play 21 Blackjack Rules

This Blackjack variant uses 8 special Match Play decks please note that all of the Ten cards have been removed from each deck, the remaining picture cards (Jacks, Queens and the Kings) cards remain on the shoe.
To ensure a fair game all decks will be re-shuffled after each hand.
The Blackjack rules state that the Dealer must hit soft 17.
The Players 21 will always win unless it is versus a Dealer's blackjack hand.
The Player Blackjack hand will always beat a Dealer Blackjack.
You can Double Down on any number of cards, but just the one single time, and you will get dealt on additional one card.
Players can surrender after doubling down and therefore they will also surrender the double down wager.

Super 21 Blackjack Rules

This Blackjack variant uses 8 decks of cards.
To ensure a fair game all decks will be re-shuffled after each hand.
The Blackjack rules state that the Dealer must hit soft 17.
When the Player gets dealt a Blackjack then he or she gets paid out at odds of even money.
Players can hit and double down after splitting Aces but only one additional card will be dealt.
Players can double on any number of cards.
Players can Late Surrender and Surrender after doubling down.