European Blackjack - General Review and Features

Well that's it. In this section we are going to deal with, without any doubt, the most popular Blackjack card game ever met in Europe-European Blackjack. This simple and at the same time amazingly pulling game took hearts of not only gamblers, but also of ordinary people who like to relax in the evening at home with their friends or in the family circle. It's also widely played in all kinds of clubs, etc.

But mainly it's played, of course, in casinos. There it goes really exciting and there gamblers can widely discover all their talent in cards strategy. Especially this kind of blackjack is popular in European countries where it took its origin and where people go to the casinos more to relax and just to have fun than to win money.

Opinions

Mainly European Blackjack is considered as an easy and interesting classic game of blackjack. But it also gives rather high chances of winning for those who want to beat the casino and to earn money. Not depending on your aim you can get maximum pleasure out of this game because of its simplicity, its adventure and inimitable atmosphere. In fact European Blackjack is not a variation at all, this is the example of a classic game and basing on it a lot of blackjack card games were created.

Rules

Speaking about the rules - they go as following and practically do not change depending on the casino:

• The game is played with two Anglo-American decks (52 cards each, a standard deck).
• Dealer stands on soft 17s.

• Doubling is allowed if hand is totaling only 9, 10, 11.
• No doubling after splitting, no re-splitting.
• Additional cards may be dealt on split Aces
• Surrender not allowed
• Entire player's bet is lost in case of dealer's blackjack.
• Hands cannot be played simultaneously.

Also a special rule needed to underline:

• There is a special variation concerning dealer's hand: until it's dealer's turn to play, no hole card is dealt to him. The house edge is increased here by about 0.11%.
• In some casinos rules state that if the dealer has a Blackjack, only original player's bets are lost, no splits or doubles are lost.

All other points are same as in basic blackjack rules which are listed in the corresponding section.

Payouts

When dealing with the payouts in European Blackjack we cannot really find out anything extraordinary because all payouts which are made here don't differ in any way from the traditional ones.

Notes

As you have already met with the basic principles of European Blackjack, the only thing we would be happy to advise you is that you should better remember them carefully, because these rules are quite popular and can be found practically in any casino of the world.