How to Play Spanish Blackjack
«Spanish Blackjack» is a
kind of online blackjack which is played with eight Spanish decks of forty eight cards (with no tens). All decks are shuffled before each deal necessarily.
The aim of the game is to win the dealer getting a higher score than he has never exceeding twenty one. It is also possible to win on croupier’s overtake. Moreover, «Spanish Blackjack» is provided with bonus payouts, which are available to the player independently of the dealer’s score.
If you are unfamiliar with the basic points of blackjack (the gameplay, cards value, terms and etc.), the
basic article about the rules of this game, which can be found in the appropriate department of Casinoz, would help you. In this review we are going to talk about the main points of rules of «Spanish Blackjack» only:
- The dealer hits on soft seventeen and stands on hard seventeen.
- Double is allowed.
- Surrender is available, also after double (the dealer takes one bet, while the second returns to the player).
- Twenty one in the player’s hand wins automatically (if no blackjack in dealer’s hand).
- Player’s blackjack always wins.
- In case of twenty one in one hand, hit is not allowed.
- Splits are allowed up to three hands on box and it is possible to split different cards of ten point value.
- There is an insurance in case of an open ace in dealer’s hand.
Regular box is paid 2:1, blackjack - 3:2, insurance - 2:1. We would talk about the bonus payoffs in the following paragraph.
Playing «Spanish Blackjack» by the optimal strategy, it is possible to reduce casino advantage to 0,8%.