Blackjack Side Bets | Blackjack Strategy Online

Always wanting to be ahead of the competition, several online casino software companies have recently added a small selection of Blackjack games to their gaming suites that offer players the chance to make an additional side bet alongside their normal Blackjack game wager.

These Blackjack side bets are often non obligatory so you can always decline to take them, and they have a unique payout structure that will payout once you are dealt certain hand combinations, these bonus payouts will still be paid out irrespective if your standard hand you are playing wins or loses.

Below are two such Blackjack games and they are available to players or either Royal Vegas Casino or Vegas Villa Casino.

Bonus Blackjack - Side Bets

Bonus Blackjack is found in the gaming suite of Microgaming powered casinos and this game has an optional side bet. The Bonus payout will only be triggered by the hand combination of the first two cards that are dealt out, and to win them you must have placed a side bet wager.

The hand combinations which will trigger these bonus payouts and the odds attached to them are as follow:

If you get dealt a Jack and a Ace of Spades then you will receive a payout of 50 to 1 of your side bet amount.

Should you be dealt a Jack and a Ace of either the suits of Diamonds, Clubs or Hearts then you will be paid out at odds of 25 to 1 of your side bet amount.

If the Dealer deals two cards that both share the same suit then you will receive a payout at odds of 5 to 2 of your side bet amount.

Microgamings' Blackjack game of Bonus Blackjack has just two, standard decks of playing cards, and these will be fully shuffled before each game begins.

Hi Low 13 European Blackjack - Side Bets

This is yet another Blackjack game that offers a side bet and this game can also be found at both of our featured Microgaming powered casinos that are Royal Vegas Casino and Vegas Villa Casino

The aim of this game is to place a wager on one of the three possible betting positions before the cards are dealt.

These three possible wagers are that the first two cards that are dealt to you in the normal Blackjack game will be either higher than 13 in total, lower than 13 in total or exactly 13 in total.

The respective payouts you will receive for a correct guess are, both the under and over 13 wagers payouts at odds of even money, and the exactly 13 wager will payout at odds of 10 to 1 .