Sidebet Blackjack
GAME RULES
- Malfunction Voids All Pays and Play
- 6 decks of cards, re-shuffled after each round.
- Order of play from right to left
- Dealer must draw to 16
- Dealer stands on soft 17
- Double Down on any two cards
- Double Down on Splits
- No re-splits
- If you split two Aces, only one more card will be dealt to each hand.
- Main bet must be placed in order to play sidebet(s)
- Blackjack is 21 on first 2 cards dealt only, 21 on split hands is not a Blackjack
- Blackjack pays 3:2
- Insurance pays 2:1
- Even Money pays 1:1
Betting
- Select bet amount by clicking on value in chip tray
- Click on bet circle(s) to place bets
- Click DEAL or SAME BET to receive cards
- Higher credit denominations:
- 1K=1000, 1M=1 000 000, 1B=1 000 000 000.
- To remove your bet(s) Shift+ left click the appropriate bets on the table.
- Click Undo to reverse your last bet activity.
- Click Clear Bets to clear all bets on the table.
SideBets
- In order to play any SideBet(s), you must also place a normal Blackjack bet.
- You cannot play a SideBet only.
Card Values
- Aces can be used as either 1 or 11.
- Any hand that includes an ace has two value, a soft value and a hard value.
- This hand would be able to play as an 9 or 19.
- If the hand is an ace-8, the hard value is 9, the soft value is 19.
Deal Method
- You and dealer are dealt two cards each.
- Your two cards are dealt face up.
- The dealer's first card is dealt face down, the second card face up.
Game Play – Step 1, Dealer Actions
- If the dealer's upcard is a 10 or and Ace, the following 3 dealer actions take place:
- Upcard is 10: Checking for Blackjack
- Dealer will check for Blackjack.
- If the dealer does not have blackjack, the hand continues.
- If the dealer has blackjack and the player doesn't, the player loses the hand without continuing.
- In cases where both dealer and player have blackjack, a push is declared.
- Upcard is Ace: Offer Insurance
- If you do not have blackjack, you are offered insurance.
- This means the player makes a second bet (the value of which is half the original bet).
- If the dealer has blackjack, the player loses their initial bet but is paid 2 to 1 on the insurance bet.
- If the dealer does not have blackjack, the insurance bet is lost and the hand is played out as normal.
- Upcard is Ace: Offer Even Money
- If the dealer's up card is an Ace and the player has a blackjack, the player is offered 'even money'.
- Taking even money means the player believes the dealer also has blackjack.
- Accept and you give up the possible 3:2 payoff and are paid 1:1. Play on the hand ends (whether the dealer has Blackjack or not).
Game Play – Step 2, Player Actions
- For hands that continue after the dealer actions, any of the following conditions may apply for the player:
- Hit and Stand
- A player can hit as often as desired until they select stand or they bust (exceed 21).
- When you bust, you immediately lose your bet regardless of the dealer's hand result.
- Double Down (player hands only)
- You are betting that your hand can be won with one more card.
- Double downs cannot be applied to a blackjack hand.
- A player may only double down on their first two cards.
- When a player doubles down, the original bet is automatically doubled and the player receives one more card.
- Split (player hands only) -
- If you are dealt two cards of the same value (such as two eights or a Jack and Queen), the hand can be split into two separate hands.
- When a hand is split, each card forms a new hand and is then played separately.
- The original bet amount is applied to the second hand automatically by doubling the chip amount in the bet circle.
- You can also double down after splitting a pair.
Game Play – Step 3, Final Play
- After the player's final actions, the dealer's down card is revealed.
- If the dealer's hand is 16 or less, the dealer must continue to hit until reaching 17 or more.
- The dealer must stand on soft 17 (see Card Values) and cannot take additional cards.
- If the dealer busts (exceeds 21), any player hands that haven't busted are winning hands.
- When the dealer stands on 17 or greater and has a higher count than the player - the dealer wins, if you have the higher hand, you win.
- If the player and the dealer have the same totals, your bet is returned.
- If dealer hand busts and player hand busts, dealer absolutely wins.
Payouts
- Winning Hand pays 1:1
- Blackjack pays 3:2
- Insurance pays 2:1
- Even Money pays 1:1
SideBet Payouts
- Cash Queens
- 20 value hands pay 2:1 or greater
- Any 20 2:1
- Suited 20 5:1
- Ranked 20 10:1
- Pairs Qs 50:1
- Pair Qs + Dealer BJ 500:1
- Mega Match
- Pays on the first 2 following cards dealt;
- Suited cards 2:1
- Mega Match 50:1
- Dealer Match 5000:1
- Crazy 7s
- Pays on consecutive 7s being dealt as follows;
- 1st card any 7 5:1
- 1st two cards unsuited 7s 25:1
- 1st two cards suited 7s 150:1
- 1st three cards unsuited 7s 500:1
- 1st three cards suited 7s 2000:1
- Pair Play
- If your first 2 cards are a pair you win. Also applies to splits and Doubles
- Any Pair 12:1
- Blackjack
- Pays an higher award for your Blackjack, even if the dealer also has one.
- Blackjack 18:1
BASIC BLACKJACK STRATEGY
- Often, players use the following strategy to assist them in deciding whether to Hit, Stand, Double, Split, or Surrender.
- This strategy does not guarantee that the player will win but is used to improve their percentage of winning.
- H=Hit,
- S=Stand,
- D=Double Down,
- SP=Split,
- NS=Never Split
BASIC BLACKJACK STRATEGY | |||||||||||
Hard Totals | PLAYER'S HAND | Dealer's Up Card | |||||||||
2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | A | ||
Up to 8 | H | H | H | H | H | H | H | H | H | H | |
9 | H | D | D | D | D | H | H | H | H | H | |
10 | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | H | H | |
11 | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | H | |
12 | H | H | S | S | S | H | H | H | H | H | |
13-14 | S | S | S | S | S | H | H | H | H | H | |
15-16 | S | S | S | S | S | H | H | H | H | H | |
17-18-19-20-21 | S | S | S | S | S | S | S | S | S | S | |
Soft Totals | A-2, A-3 | H | H | H | D | D | H | H | H | H | H |
A-4, A-5 | H | H | D | D | D | H | H | H | H | H | |
A-6 | H | D | D | D | D | H | H | H | H | H | |
A-7 | S | D | D | D | D | S | S | H | H | H | |
A-8, A-9 | S | S | S | S | S | S | S | S | S | S | |
Splits | A & A | SP | SP | SP | SP | SP | SP | SP | SP | SP | SP |
2 & 2 | SP | SP | SP | SP | SP | SP | H | H | H | H | |
3 & 3 | SP | SP | SP | SP | SP | SP | H | H | H | H | |
4 & 4 NS | H | H | H | H | H | H | H | H | H | H | |
5 & 5 NS | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | H | H | |
6 & 6 | SP | SP | SP | SP | SP | H | H | H | H | H | |
7 & 7 | SP | SP | SP | SP | SP | SP | H | H | H | H | |
8 & 8 | SP | SP | SP | SP | SP | SP | SP | SP | SP | SP | |
9 & 9 | SP | SP | SP | SP | SP | SP | SP | SP | S | S | |
10 & 10 NS | S | S | S | S | S | S | S | S | S | S |
Last modification date: 11/16/2023