Spanish 21: With Liberal Blackjack Rules for the Player, This Is A Game Worth Playing

Spanish 21 is a variant of the casino table game of blackjack. If you like blackjack, you'll enjoy playing Spanish 21. There are some liberal rules that benefit the player while enjoying a low house edge.

The Spanish was derived from some Spanish card games with 48 instead of 52 cards. The four 10's are removed. With 24 to 32 cards removed from 6 or 8 deck games, the casino can liberate some rules from basic blackjack:

Player Friendly Rules

Players can double down once with two or more cards on any total, including after splitting.

Players may split cards of equal value, including aces up to 4 times.

Hitting and doubling on all split hands is allowed.

Late surrender is allowed

Double down rescue rule: After doubling if a player is dissatisfied with a non-busted hand, s / he may rescue (take back) the doubled portion and forfeit the original wager.

player hand totaling 21 always beats a dealer BJ - pays ( up to) 3 to 1

Bonus payouts for being dealt 21 with more than 2 cards are very player friendly:

player hand with 5 cards totaling 21 - pays - 3 to 2

player hand with 6 cards totaling 21 - pays - 2 to 1

player hand with 7 cards totaling 21 - pays - 3 to 1

6-7-8 or 7-7-7 with mixed suits - pays - 3 to 2

6-7-8 or 7-7-7 with same suit - pays - 2 to 1

6-7-8 or 7-7-7 of spades - pays - 3 to 1

Bonus payouts always apply without a dealer has a blackjack. Doubling on any hand also voids any bonus pays.

Super Bonus

In addition to the bonus payouts a Super Bonus is paid when a player has a charged 7-7-7 and the dealers up card is any 7:

$ 5 - $ 24 bet wins $ 1000

$ 25 + bet wins $ 5000

All other players will win $ 50 as an Envy Bonus .

Doubling down or splitting any hand voids all super bonus pays.

Bonus payouts always apply without a dealer has a blackjack. Doubling on any hand also voids any bonus pays.

If all of this temptation is not enough to make you want to sit down and play there is also a side bet that you can make

Dealer Match

For a $ 1 minimum-up to the amount of your initial bet, a player can wager that either one or both of his cards will match the dealer's up card. There are 5 payoffs:

One non-matched match - 3 to 1

Two non-matched matches - 6 to 1

One fitted match - 12 to 1

One non-qualified and one suited match - 15 to 1

Two suited matches - 21 to 1

House Benefit

There is an advantage however to the casinos that offer this game. With 25% of the 10 value cards removed:

· The dealer will bust less often.

· The player is dealt fewer blackjacks.

· Doubling down is less effective

House Edge

The house edge for Spanish 21 is 0.4% if dealer stands on soft seventeen, 0.7% if soft seventeen is hit. If the Dealer Match side bet is made, the edge jumps to about 3%.

Basic strategy differs from regular Blackjack, requiring studying to get the maximum play value for your dollar.

Here are the Spanish 21 basic strategy plays:

Hand - D / Up Card - Action

5-9 - any - hit

w / 5 + card - 2-7 - hit

10-11 - 2-7 - double

10-11 - 8-A-hit

12-14 - any - hit

15-16 - 2-6 - Stand

15-16 - 7-A-hit

17-21 - any - stand

A3-A6 - any - hit

A7-21 - any - Stand

pr. 2.7 - 2.7 - split

pr. 8's - any - split

pr. 9's - 2-9 - split

pr. A's - any - split

all other pr - any - play as hard hand

Good Luck!

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Source by Dennis J Occhino