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Every Casino who offers Live Casino games has Blackjack and Roulette in her assortment. Blackjack is the most popular of the two, because you can experience the real atmosphere like in a live casino where you try to beat the Dealer with getting a Blackjack or better cards. With Live Blackjack you can chat with the dealer and sometimes with other players. The rules are the same as normal Blackjack with the difference that with Live Blackjack you have a time limit where you have to make your decision.

When the Dealer gives you the cards he/she will first hover them over a scanner so it will be sent to the server. In this way you can see the card on the screen and the server can registrate the card in the system. After all the players got their first card the dealer will also take a card by going over the scanner.

The web cams in the Live Casino will take care of the views of the dealer and the table. In some casinos you will play against real players who are at the table of the Live Casino

Blackjack Introduction

The good thing of blackjack is that there is not only luck involved but also some skills; when you become a better player your chances to win become bigger as well. The object of the game is to reach closer to the 21 points than the dealer. The Ace counts for 11 or 1, which is up to you. The other cards count for the value of the card and the face cards count for 10.

The game starts when the Dealer announces 'Place your bets please'. Then you can make your bet until the dealer announces 'No more bets please'. The dealer moves his hand from right to left in the direction of the card shuffler, which means that you can't touch your chips anymore. Every player gets 2 cards face up, which is called the initials cards. The dealer takes one card visible for the players. The first player starts to make the choice between Fold (no more cards), Hit (a new card), split (when you have two the same value cards) or double down (take one more card and add the same amount of chips). The player can take as many cards as he wants, until he reaches the 21 points. When he goes over the 21 points he is busted and looses his bet.

When all the players finishes their hand it's the dealer turn (if there are still players inside the game). The dealer takes a card and continue until he reaches 17 points. He then has to fold his hand and the dealer will check if he has more than the players. If they have the same points than it's a stand-off and the bet stays for the player.

You have blackjack only when you have an Ace in combination with a ten card. If you have 21 points with 3 cards it's not a Blackjack. When you have blackjack the dealer will pay you 3-2. When the open card of the dealer is a 10 card then the player has to wait until the dealer finishes his hands. He can get an Ace and then you both have Blackjack and you will get your bet back. When the Dealer has an Ace he will ask the player for Even Money. If he accepts the even money he avoids the chances of a stand-off. The player will then get paid 1-1.

Pay-out options

In Blackjack you can have the following situations:

- When a player has more than 21 points the players loosses the game and the dealer will take the bet of the player
- When a player has 21 or less points and the dealer has more than 21, than the player gets his bet plus 1 time his bet.
- When a player has a better hand than the dealer he will get paid one time his bet
- When the dealer has a better hand than the dealer will take the chips of the player.
- When the dealer and the player have the same hand total (between 17 and 21) then it's called a stand-off and the player gets only his bet back.
- When a player has a blackjack he will get paid 3-2. When the Dealer also has a blackjack than it's a stand-off.
- When the dealer has blackjack all the players loose their hand (if they don't have blackjack).

Blackjack terms

Soft hand / hard hand
When the dealer has a Ace which counts for 11 points it's called a soft hand. In other cases it's called a hard hand

Double down
When the player's first two hand are a total of 9, 10 or 11 points then the player can double his bet and will receive one more card. If he wins the hand than he gets 1 time the new bet.

Split
When the first two cards of the player have the same value and sort the player can decide to split the cards. The other hand will get the same bet als the initial bet.

Insurance
When the first card of the dealer is an Ace, the players have to possibility to take insurance. The player has to place the half of his initial bet on a special spot on the table. If the dealer doesn't have Blackjack he will loose the insurance chips. If the dealer has blackjack he will get paid double the insurance bet.