On Rival Gaming
powered online casino software platforms, the
blackjack options are simple. If you are looking for
old-school blackjack with good odds and betting
options, Rival Gaming casinos are a great choice.
Their blackjack is
governed by Vegas Downtown rules and comes in either
standard or multi-hand format. Each game is played
with six standard 52-card playing decks that are
shuffled after every spent hand. A consistent
procedure for all online casinos, not to mention
land-based tables, reshuffling spent cards
immediately back into the playing deck helps to
mitigate the efficacy of card counting. You can
still count cards if you like, but you might as well
focus on playing some sharp basic strategy. If you
do use basic strategy, your expected payback ratio
at Rival blackjack games is 99.4%.
Speaking of payouts,
blackjack pays 3 to 2, Insurance pays 2 to 1 and all
other winning hands pay 1 to 1. Just like you find
at a Real Time Gaming casino, Rival Gaming's
blackjack allows the dealer to hit on Soft 17's,
thereby raising the House Edge a bit. However,
doubling down is allowed on your first two cards as
well as a split hands, which can be done a maximum
of three times except on Aces, which can only be
split once. In other words, the most hands you can
have playing at one time is four. Obviously,
multi-hand blackjack permits players to play several
more hands at one time. Rival's multi-hand blackjack
allows players to start off with three initial
hands.
The betting platform
is one of the most graphically impressive and
user-friendly on the Web. Available playing options
(Re-bet, Deal, Hit, Stand, Split, Double Down) light
up when they are feasible options. Customized
options included playing in full-screen mode, sound
controls and playing speed. Players should be aware
that the fast speed is quite fast. In fact, it is so
fast you can't even see the cards being dealt. We
recommend sticking to the slow speed, which is still
pretty fast in itself.
To get started
playing, simply click on the chip denomination ($1,
$5, $10, $25, $100) and the circle will
automatically be set in the betting circle. To
remove a bet, you must move the cursor over the chip
on the table (not on your stack) and right-click. If
at any time you are trying to execute an action the
wrong way, a dialogue box will pop up to let you
know the correct way of going about what it is you
are trying to accomplish.
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