Published: 20.05.2019, 18:36
3 min read
While most gamblers love their Classic Blackjack and the very close American version, some players enjoy the challenge and variation in their high-rolling games.
The classic game alone has a huge number of variations with their own Blackjack rules and specifics. But what if we told you that the European version (already a deviation from the original game) has some variations of its own?
Main Rules
In order to understand the difficulties of many European counterparts, it’s important to also know the differences between the European and American Blackjack, but the essential rules of the game itself are as follows:
- Only 2 card decks are used;
- Second dealer card is drawn only after the players;
- Fixed 3:2 payout;
- No surrender;
- Double only for 9, 10, 11;
- No double on splits;
- Dealer Blackjack wins over any other 21.
The rules may seem far too beneficial for the casino on the first glance. However, if you navigate through them properly, you’ll get a game that differs from the original, forcing the players to adopt a more balanced strategy, instead of an aggressive one.
European Blackjack Redeal Rules
European Redeal is considered to be more on the unusual side of Blackjack variations, as it offers to redeal your cards almost at any point during the game.
This can ring controversial with some conservative players. This allows you to change the last card to get a better hand, change the hand of the dealer to benefit yourself or to change the hand entirely enough times to get the one you want.
However, the redeal will cost real money and the more a redeal would be craved, the more expensive it might get.
How expensive? There’s no way of telling – the price is calculated automatically depending on the bet and the necessity of the action.
Therefore, the game can tease you with a huge price of a redeal after an exceptionally crushing bust, with a chance that you might lose even more after paying for it.
On the contrary, some redeals will be free, but often if that’s the last thing you need. The score of 20 on your hand will provide a chance for a free redeal, for example.
The actions during which you can make a redeal are various:
Action | Availability |
Entire hand | Yes |
Last card, starting from the third | Yes |
Entire dealer’s hand | Yes |
Entire hand after bust | Yes |
Last card after bust | Yes |
Dealer’s hand after a bust | No |
Any redeal after Blackjack or 21 | No |
The player can only redeal a single hand up to 5 times.
The prospect of changing a traitorous card or a whole hand at any moment will get hoards of players to click on the nearest European Redeal they can find.
Yet, it is wise to calculate the potential losses before every crucial redeal. Otherwise, you might regret what you wished for.
Hi-Lo 13 Rules
Hi Lo 13 stands for a side bet on which you can bet for (you guessed it) getting a 13 total amount on your hand.
What? | When? | Payout? |
Hi | Getting more than 13 | 1:1 |
Lo | Getting less than 13 | 1:1 |
13 | Nailing the odds and getting exactly 13! | 10:1 |
As a side bet that does not influence the main bet seems like a great way to get some compensation in case you lose your hand, right?
Here’s the catch though – an Ace will only count as one for the side bet, while the main game will consider it as 1 or 11, as usual.
Talk about multitasking! Keep the decks in mind, play your hand and remember about the Ace differences. Truly a nightmare for a card counter!
That covers European Blackjack variations on Bob Casino. Now, make sure to head over to our casino game catalog and choose the table games you think would be the best for you. Don’t forget to test these rules as well!
