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Add Style to your Game, Try European Blackjack
What do you think of when you think of Europe? Old cobblestone streets, canals and gondolas, and violinists in the streets, perhaps? In any case, you probably do not think of Blackjack when you think of Europe. As is the case with many other casino games, however, Blackjack also comes in a European form, aptly called European Blackjack. The next time you find yourself at a casino, online or otherwise, and wanting to play Blackjack, try something new: try European Blackjack.
European Blackjack
The rules of European Blackjack can be spelled out as follows:
European Blackjack utilizes standard decks of 52 cards each.
Blackjack always wins over any other hand equaling 21.
All face cards carry a value of 10.
Aces carry a value of either 1 or 11.
It is possible to draw up to nine cards to make a hand of 11.
The Dealer must stand on any result of 17.
If the Dealer has a hand equaling more than 21, it is bust, and the player automatically wins.
A result of Blackjack pays out odds of 3:2.
If the player's hand and the Dealer's hand are equal, it is called a Push.
The same is true if both have hands of Blackjack.
If the Dealer has a Blackjack hand, the player loses his entire bet.
If the Dealer's first card is an Ace, the player can insure his hand.
To begin, two cards are dealt face-up to the player and one is dealt face-up to the dealer. European Blackjack does not allow the dealer to peek - in other words, the dealer cannot check on his hand until the second card is dealt to him. The dealer, according to the face-up card dealt, will offer the player Insurance, Surrender, or Even Money. If the dealer's face-up card is not an Ace, he will likely offer Early Surrender, which would cause the player to lose half of his original bet, made while the dealer's cards were still being dealt. If the face-up card is an Ace, however, the dealer will likely offer Insurance. What this means is that the player will make a new bet - half of the original bet - that the dealer has a Blackjack hand. If the player loses, he or she loses the first bet, but gets paid out odds of 2:1 on the second bet. If the dealer's card is an Ace, there is one more option, and this is Even Money. This generally happens if the player has Blackjack and believes that the dealer does as well. The player is then paid 1:1.
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