Vegas Strip Blackjack
Golden Casino's Vegas Strip Blackjack incorporates existing Blackjack game features with additional features designed to give players a variety of new options that are not available in a standard Blackjack game.
Vegas Strip Blackjack game is the same as a Blackjack game except:
- Dealer always checks for Blackjack if there is an Ace or a 10-value card
(10, J, Q, K) showing, before Player's turn.
- The dealer stands on All 17s.
- Player is allowed to Double on ANY first two cards. Double after Split is
allowed as well.
- Player is allowed to re-split twice on an already split hand but cannot re-split Aces.
As with standard blackjack, in Vegas Strip Blackjack the player competes against
the dealer. The game is played on a semi-circular table with 5 playing positions
and wagers are placed in the circles provided. This version of blackjack is
played with 6 Decks of cards (with the jokers removed) that are shuffled after
the completion of every game.
Again, as is the case with standard blackjack, the basic rule of the game is
to get a hand higher than the dealer without going over 21. If the face value
of the player's cards is 21 or if the dealer's cards are lower than player's,
or higher than 21, then player wins!
Rules of Vegas Strip Blackjack
- This version of blackjack is played with 6 decks of cards (with the jokers
removed) that are shuffled after the completion of every game.
- You may draw as many additional cards as you want as long as the value of
your hand does not exceed 21. If you go over 21, you go bust, and you automatically
loose the hand.
- The dealer Stands on All 17s.
- If the dealer's hand and the player's hand are both under 21, the hands
are compared. If the player's hand is closer to 21 the player wins, if the
dealer's hand is closer to 21 the player loses.
- Face cards (the Jack, Queen and King) and 10s all have a value of ten.
- An Ace has a value of either 1 or 11. Any combination of cards that contains
an Ace card and whose value does not exceed 21 is referred to as a 'soft hand'.
An Ace adopts the value most beneficial for your hand. For example, an Ace
and eight will add up to 19 but if the player chooses to take another card
that would cause the hand's value to exceed 21 the Ace will revert to a value
of 1.
- If you are dealt an Ace and a 10 or face card this is called a Blackjack and your hand will Stand automatically. If you beat the dealer with a Blackjack, you are paid out at 3 to 2.
Peeking
- Dealer always checks / peeks for Blackjack before your turn if he/she is
showing an Ace or a 10-value card (10, J, Q, K). One Dealer card is dealt
face up (the up card) and the other face down (the hole card). If the Dealer
has a ten or an ace as the up card, it is possible he has a Blackjack in which
case all Player hands will lose except with another Blackjack. The dealer
will check for Blackjack if one is possible, immediately after the cards are
dealt to the player, and will collect all losing bets immediately if he does
have a Blackjack. Player loses total amount bet against Dealer in such a case.
If the Dealer does not have a Blackjack, the game continues.
- If the Dealer's up card is an Ace, Insurance will be offered to the Player, only then will the Dealer peek.
Splitting
- If you are dealt a pair you may Split your hand. This means that your pair
is divided into two separate hands with two separate wagers. A second wager
- equal to your original wager - is automatically placed on your second hand.
Both hands are played as separate hands.
- Re-splitting is allowed. The player can re-split up to two times on an already
split hand, but cannot re-split Aces.
- If you have Split a pair of aces and then draw a card with a value of ten then this is not a Blackjack. Such a hand would have a value of 21. It beats the dealer's hand value less than 21 and ties - called a Push - against the dealer's hand value of 21 except if the dealer's hand is a Blackjack. This rule also applies to splitting pairs of cards with a value of ten. Should you split a pair of tens (or face cards) and then receive an ace this hand is not a Blackjack.
Double
- Player may Double on any first two cards. This will double your original
wager.
- After Double, you will only receive 1 more card to complete your hand.
- Double after Split is allowed, except after splitting Aces.
Insurance
- If the dealer's face up card is an Ace, you may purchase Insurance. Insurance
is purchased prior to playing your hand (s).
- If you purchase Insurance and then Split your hand, the hand will no longer
be covered by Insurance.
- If you purchase insurance and then Double your hand, the initial wager is doubled.
Vegas Strip Blackjack Table Limits and Payouts
For each hand played, there is a $1.00 minimum bet on each hand, a $500.00 limit on each hand.
Winning hands pay 1 to 1
Insurance pays 2 to 1
Blackjack pays 3 to 2
Push Hands - original wager returned
More detailed information about the buttons, game flow, hands, limits, payouts
and rules is provided in the Help section of our casino software.
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