How to Play American Blackjack
«American Blackjack» is a
free American online blackjack with six standard decks of fifty two cards with no jokers. All cards are shuffled before each deal.
For example, in 888 Casino you can play on one-five boxes. It is allowed to stake from one to three hundred dollars per each of them. The betting range can be different in other casinos.
The aim of the game in «American Blackjack» is to win the dealer whatever it costs. It can be done if you get a higher score (never exceeding twenty one) or on the overtake on croupier’s hand. It is also possible to get a payoff by insurance of blackjack.
The main points of rules typical for the most popular kinds of American blackjack are carefully explained in the special article published at Casinoz. Here we would shortly discussed the rules of «American Blackjack» game:
- First the croupier deals two cards to himself and reveals one of them.
- The dealer checks for blackjack if an open card is an ace or a ten. The player doesn't take cards if the croupier has blackjack.
- Double can be made on any two first cards (if there is no blackjack, of course).
- Double is also allowed on boxes formed in result of split.
- Split can be done only on two cards of same value (different cards of ten-point value can’t be split).
- Each of split aces is dealt with one card.
- Split can be done only once on each box.
- An ace and a card of ten point value on the box made in result of split work like twenty one, but not as blackjack.
- It is possible to place an insurance in case of an open ace in dealer’s hand in «American Blackjack».
- If the player has blackjack and the dealer has an open ace, the croupier offers «even money». If the client agrees, he gets 1:1 payoff by blackjack.
- There is no surrender in this version of blackjack.
Payoff indexes are classic in «American Blackjack»: the standard box is paid 1:1, blackjack - 3:2, insurance - 2:1, even money - 1:1.
The theoretical payback index of «American Blackjack» developed by Random Logic is 99,52% (according to the official information provided by the producer).