 Blackjack is one of the most popular casino game.
It's a game of skill and chance between you and the Dealer.
Microgaming casinos offer Vegas Downtown Blackjack played with two standard decks of 52 cards that are shuffled before each game / hand.
Vegas Downtown Blackjack is an American hole card game. The Dealer checks for a Blackjack when he is dealt a 10 or an Ace.
If the Dealer has a Blackjack, you lose and the game is over.
How to play Vegas Downtown Blackjack
The object of Blackjack is to beat the Dealer by either obtaining the highest possible hand without exceeding 21,
or by the Dealer's hand going bust. In this version of Blackjack
(Vegas Downtown), you can only bet one hand at a time. All face cards (Kings, Queens
and Jacks) have a value of ten (10) and the Aces can have a value of one or
eleven. Please refer to our basic blackjack rules to learn more about
general
terms and rules.
General Vegas Downtown Rules in Brief:
- Two card decks
- Dealer stands on soft 17
- You may double after a split
- You may double on any first 2 cards
- Resplit to three hands
- Dealer peeks for blackjack
- One bet position
Vegas Downtown Blackjack Strategy Card
Insurance is not recommended in Vegas Downtown BJ.
The following strategy will help you keeping house edge at 0.40%. With card
counting you can slightly increase your performance even more.
The Vegas Strip blackjack strategy is created through computer simulations which perform a
complete combinatorial analysis. The computer plays (generates) thousands of hands for each Blackjack situation possible and
statistically determines which action (Hitting, Splitting, Doubling Down or Standing) best favours the player.
Today Microgaming powered online casinos offer Bonus Blackjack version which is the same as
Vegas Downtown blackjack game but have an optional side bet that pays up to 50:1. However, the
house edge for this side bet is rather high - about 6.5%.
Today Microgaming casinos offers up to 10 different versions of Blackjack
including:
Vegas Strip,
Vegas Downtown,
Atlantic City Blackjack,
European, Spanish,
Multi-Hand,
Double Exposure and
Triple Sevens blackjack games (see the complete list on the left bar menu).
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