Vegas Single Deck Blackjack

There are no prizes for telling us how many decks are used in Single Deck Blackjack, in case you were wondering or you are not the sharpest knife in the drawer the answer is one!

This type of Blackjack is quite rare to find these days, unless of course you play in a Microgaming Casino, as they have Vegas Single Deck Blackjack awaiting you from with in their download gaming suite.

You should be wary of certain single deck games as they will offer you a reduced payout for getting a Blackjack mostly 6-5 instead of 3-2, so when checking around always opt for the 3-2 payouts or it will cost you a lot of money over a decent sized gaming session.

Let's now take a look at the game play rules, you are allowed to split a hand once to make a maximum of two hands, and you can split both alike and unalike ten valued cards.

By splitting Aces only one additional card will be dealt to each, with a split Ace and any ten valued card being deemed to be a 21 hand and not a Blackjack.

The rules regarding doubling down are easy to understand and they state that if you get dealt any two cards that have a combined total of either 9, 10 or 11 then you may can double down, but you cannot however double down once you have split a hand.

The Dealer will hit his hand if it is a soft 17 hand. European Blackjack is a hole card game so the Dealer will peek and be checking for Blackjack when he is holding a Ten or an Ace.

If you play online the be aware the shoe is always shuffled before a game begins. The payouts in European Blackjack are, for a Blackjack hand 3 to 2, and a winning Insurance bet pays 2-1. The house edge of the Microgaming Vegas Single Deck game is 0.35%.

There are only a few times when you should be doubling down, one is when you have an eleven, irrespective of what the Dealer is showing you should double down and also if the Dealer is showing any card from 2 - 9 and you are holding a Ten then you should double down on those hands also.

If you have a 9 then the only time you should double down is when the Dealer has a 2, 3, 4, 5 or a 6 or should you be holding a pair of fives then you should double down when the Dealer is showing any card from 2 - 9.