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NAVIGATION
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SPOTLIGHT CASINOS
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 Casino TropezPlay blackjack with live dealers. With one of the best bonus offers available, you can't pass this up!
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SPECIAL BLACKJACK PLAYS
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Special BlackJack Plays
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To master Blackjack you'll not on need to know the basics, but you also need to be well aware of all the special plays that are available to you.
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Doubling Down
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After receiving your first two cards, if you think you can beat the dealer with only one more card, you can choose to double down, which means doubling your original bet, drawing one more card, then standing. The types of hands you can double down on vary depending on the rules for the specific Casino you're playing at. Here are the typical rules for doubling down:
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11 only.
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10 and 11.
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9, 10, and 11.
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Hard hands only.
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Anything.
You can also double down after splitting pairs (if the current rules allow it) for all cards except aces. The strategy for doubling down varies depending on whether you hold a hard or a soft hand.
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Splitting Pairs
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If the first two cards dealt to you have the same value, you can split them and play each as a separate hand. Each new hand uses the same bet amount as your original bet. You can split face cards, or a face card and a 10, just as you would any like-pair. The rules for splitting vary. Typical rules are:
- How Many Times (Never, 1, or 3).
- Double Down After Splitting (Yes or No).
- Resplit aces (Yes or No). When aces are split, the player receives only one more card per ace. If the resplit option is on, you can split again if you are dealt another ace.
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Surrendering
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After receiving your first two cards, if you don't think you have any chance of beating the dealer, you can choose to surrender (depending on the Casino you're playing at). At this point, you turn in your cards and the dealer collects only half of your bet.
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Buying Insurance
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When you buy insurance, you bet on the probability of the dealer having blackjack. You can only make this bet when the dealer's upcard is an ace. You bet half of your original bet that the hole card has a rank of 10 and the dealer is holding blackjack. If the dealer has blackjack, this bet pays 2 to 1.
If an ace is the upcard in the dealer's first two cards, the dealer must ask each player if he or she wants to buy insurance. After all insurance bets are made, the dealer checks the hole card.
If the hole card is a 10 or a face card, the dealer shows the blackjack hand to all players and pays off winning insurance bets. If the hole card does not make blackjack, the dealer collects losing insurance bets and continues play without showing the hole card.
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