 Blackjack is one of the most popular and well known casino game.
Blackjack is a game of skill and chance between you and the Dealer.
Microgaming casinos offer Vegas Strip Blackjack that is played with four standard decks of 52 playing cards that are
shuffled before each game / hand.
Vegas Strip 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, the game is over.
You may draw up to 9 additional cards to make a hand of eleven cards, provided the value of your hand does not exceed 21.
If your hand does not exceeded 21 after receiving 11 cards, your hand automatically Stands.
How to play Vegas Strip 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 Strip), 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 the game
terms and rules.
Vegas Strip Blackjack Rules in Brief:
- 4 card decks
- Dealer stands on soft 17
- You may double after a split
- You may double on any first two cards
- Re-splitting to three hands
- Dealer peeks for Blackjack
- One bet position
Vegas Strip Blackjack Strategy Card
Insurance is not recommended in Vegas Strip BJ version.
When the dealer is dealt an Ace you are allowed to make an insurance bet. The Insurance bet costs
half your original bet. If the dealer gets Blackjack, you are paid at 2:1
but lose your original bet.
If the dealer does not get Blackjack you lose your insurance bet i.e. you
get just 1/2 of your original bet. If you follow the strategy shown below you
can decrease the house edge up to 0.36% or even less with card counting.
The strategy is printed as table with the Dealer's up card
the first row and player's 2-card combination the second column. The letters in the table tell you
what to do (Hit, Stand, Double Down or Split) depending on the different combinations of dealer's and player's hands.
Optimal Vegas Strip Blackjack strategy tables for Microgaming's rules are shown above for hard totals,
soft totals, and pairs along with a legend.
Today most of the Microgaming casinos offers up to 10 different versions of Blackjack
including:
Vegas Strip,
Vegas Downtown,
Atlantic City Blackjack,
European,
Spanish 21,
Multi-Hand,
Double Exposure and
Triple Sevens progressive blackjack (see the complete list on the left bar menu).
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