Live Blackjack | Skill-Based Card Game to Beat the Casino With

Live Blackjack is a classic card game played in live casinos, with several players even frequenting this game to beat the casino. Beating the casino basically means winning against the dealer so many times that the casino will lose a lot of money. In fact, some players have already won millions with small bankrolls, at the cost of getting banned from traditional casinos. Live casinos, however, will have a harder time banning players unless they violate the terms and conditions.

Rules of Blackjack

The general rules for Live Blackjack are the following:

Some tables may feature minor rule differences, but what’s listed above are the most common.

The actual gameplay is more involved than other casino card games, especially since gamblers will need to hit, stand, double down, or split to get a hand that will beat the dealer. In most tables, the player will typically play with six other players with their own hands and each one’s goal is to get a better hand than what the dealer has. Each player will be dealt a card according to where they’re seated.

The goal of the game is to get a Blackjack or 21 or a hand closest to it without busting or going over 21. Players will be dealt an initial two-card hand that can win when it gets a 10 and an Ace or push when the dealer also gets a 21.

If the player’s hand isn’t a 10 and an Ace, they’ll typically have several options on how to proceed. These options include the following:

Hitting, doubling down, and splitting are necessary for players to get better hands to beat the dealer. Standing, however, is necessary to keep the current hand and to not bust. Whether players must hit or stand will depend on what their hand’s card values are.

Blackjack Card Values

The card values for blackjack cards are the following:

Aces are valued at either 1 or 11, depending on the other card/s in a hand. Hands with an Ace are classified as soft hands and their values aren’t fixed. Basically, soft hands never bust and having two Aces and a 9 totals to 21 since one Ace is valued at 11, another at 1, and are added to 9. Thus, the total value of two Aces is 12, the total value of one 8, one 10, and one Ace is a Soft 19, and the total of a King and an Ace is 21 or Blackjack.

Six Card Charlie Rule

Many Dubai7 blackjack tables feature the Six Card Charlie rule which automatically results in the player winning if their hand gets six cards without busting even if they don’t have a Blackjack. This means of winning is more of a last-ditch method when players only get low value cards every time they hit.

This rule is integrated within several Blackjack titles and pay out automatically.

Live Blackjack Variations 

Dubai7 is powered by Evolution Gaming which contributed the most to the platform’s lineup of Blackjack games. Some of the most notable game variations are the following:

Speed Blackjack

Speed has similar rulesets to that of classic’s rules and seats a maximum of seven players with each one having a separate hand. The speed name here is associated with the fact that players will need to be fast on deciding whether they’ll hit, double down, or split so that other players won’t get the card they’re aiming for.

This game is different from classic blackjack tables because the dealer deals cards according to which players made the decision first and not according to seating arrangement.

Infinite Blackjack

The Infinite variation does away with the seven-player seating and instead provides players with a single hand to share. The dealer will deal a third card when players hit and players who opted to stand will no longer be able to bet until the round is over.

Infinite features several rule differences from classic games, which include the following:

Lightning Blackjack

Evolution Gaming’s lineup of Lightning games is well-known for the Lightning multipliers that multiply the potential payout when a hand gets dealt a card with one that’s assigned a multiplier. In Lightning Blackjack, a multiplier ranging from 2x to 25x can be assigned to cards and a 20% lightning fee is charged per bet. Winning with a 21 and a multiplier of 25x will result in a significant payout.

Lightning Blackjack follows the Infinite format.

How to Win at Blackjack

The most efficient way to win at Blackjack games is by first mastering Basic Strategy then counting cards. Basic Strategy is basically a set of rules to follow that dictate when to hit, stand, double down, and split according to the player’s initial hand and the dealer’s uphand. Once a player’s mastered this, they can then start counting cards since they finally know the correct decisions to make and take full advantage of this to either increase or decrease stakes.

Without Basic Strategy, players will basically be playing randomly and relying on luck.

Conclusion

Live Blackjack is a popular live casino game that many gamblers play to beat the casino and win big. Those who win big typically master Basic Strategy first and count cards to gain an edge over the casino and win real money more consistently.

We recommend trying out Infinite Blackjack since you won’t be competing with other players for cards unlike in Speed and you won’t have to worry about other players unlike in classic. Try out Dubai7’s different Blackjack tables today!