Blackjack

Set:
1 Deck is
used which is excellent, because as less decks are used as more easy it
gets to keep track of the cards and to estimate your chances correctly
via card counting. The cards are shuffled after every round though which
makes it quite useless to keep track of the cards: you start off with
the same conditions and probabilities every round. The
house edge is about 0.1% which again is incredibly good. Anyway,
Captain Cooks Casino also offers a multi-hand game with the same rules,
except 5 decks instead of 1. This results in a house edge of 0.57% which
is not good enough to be played. Betting
Limits are $1-$200 and $1-$2,000
after asking for permission. This certainly are the best betting limits
you will find online. There are only little online casinos letting you
wager as high as this on blackjack.
Rules:
You can play only one hand at the same time
which is a pity since it is a great pleasure to play more than one hands
at the same time. You'll find online casinos offering this option higher
up our Blackjack Top20. The
dealer stands on A-6 which is standard. Doubling down is allowed only on
9, 10 and 11 which is standard for land based casinos whereas online
casinos usually allow you to double down about any first pair. Still: it
makes the game more authentic this way. You are not allowed to double
down after you split a pair though. Again, there are online casinos that
allow doubling after split. You may split pairs to 2 hands only
which is below average really: many other online casinos allow you to
split cards up to 3 or 4 hands. Split Aces may be re-hit though, which
rather is a rare feature and taken into positive account. The dealer
does not peak (check for Blackjack) until all players are finished, so
if the dealer does have a Blackjack then all players will lose the total
amount they've bet, including any additional money from doubling or
splitting (called European hole card rule) which is very tough for the
player and advantageous for the casino. Insurance is offered if you
think that the dealer might have a blackjack. No surrender is available.
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