Atlantic city blackjack is very popular among beginners. The game offers you all the advantages of Vegas strip blackjack and one
extra thing, you are allowed to surrender. The whole
surrendering concept has been dealt with on another page, if you have not read it, please do.
There are some small differences to the Vegas strip blackjack, but nothing, which is going to turn your world upside-down.
The game is played with eight decks instead
of the four at Vegas strip blackjack tables. The dealer has to pass on 17, hard or soft
it does not matter. There is no difference in the amount of times you are allowed to split
this remains three times. All the usual playing rules apply here, you only get one card if you split aces and you are allowed to
double on any total, as long as it is your first two cards.
If we go back to the surrendering story, you are allowed to surrender if you feel that the bank has a strong card showing.
This will of course cost you half of your bet and is only allowed before you make any decisions about hitting or standing.
There are two different types of surrender, late and early. The two types have all got to do with the bank getting an ace or a ten.
When the dealer has dealt everybody at the table and his card showing is an ace or a ten the dealer always looks to see if
he has blackjack. If this is the case then the dealer will show the players and start taking the loosing bets. This all happens
before any player is allowed to hit or pass. If the dealer where to have an ace showing as his first card then many people
would like to surrender. This is not allowed, as the dealer will first look to see if he actually has blackjack or not. If he does
not have blackjack then the game will commence as usual and players are allowed to hit, stand or surrender. This form of play is
called, Late Surrender. If you were to be playing at a table where you were allowed to play Early Surrender then you would be allowed
to surrender before the dealer had a look at his own cards. As you can imagine, early surrender gives the casino a disadvantage
and is therefore not found very often. Any casino if it is an online casino or a brick casino does not like to loose, just like you. So if
there is any way of changing the rules to their advantage, they will.
Atlantic city blackjack is a good variation of the basic blackjack that we all know now and has a nice advantage, surrendering.
Make sure you use this advantage to your best knowledge ad do not surrender too early. This is a mistake that is made too often so
please think about it before you decide to surrender. How often have you been dealt a good first card and then the second comes
along and everything turns sour? Quite often you are probably thinking now. This is exactly what can happen to the dealers cards, so
a ten showing does not at all mean that the dealer is going to be having a good card, thing can change rapidly at a blackjack table,
as we all know.
Try your Atlantic City Blackjack skills here!
