Surrender Blackjack is a form of blackjack that is widely used both within online casinos and bricks and mortar casinos. It gives the player a chance to surrender before the game has even begun. The dealer does the initial deal including their own up card and then gives the players the opportunity to surrender their hands immediately. This extra option does not come free, as you can imagine. You must pay half of your bet if you wish to surrender, in other words: the dealer will pick up your cards and take half of your bet.

There are some people who have worked everything out and can tell you exactly what to do in each situation. The situations can vary from number of decks that are in play, doubling allowed, dealer stops on soft/hard 17 or even if you are allowed to double after a split.

As you can imagine with so many variables there will be so many different strategies to play. One thing is for sure and that is they all tell you that surrendering is a bad thing and should only be done as a last resort. There is nothing wrong with the game surrender blackjack but when you do surrender, make sure that you know why you are doing it. The golden rule at this game is that you should normallyonly surrender if you have a total of 16 and the dealer has a 9, 10 or Ace. As an extra you might want to consider that you also surrender when you have a total of 15 and the dealer has a ten.

Only under these circumstances should you ever surrender. Sometimes it is very difficult not to especially after a bad run of cards showing 13,14 because it becomes very tempting to save at least half your bet instead of losing it all but try to bear in mind that the chance of the dealer getting bad cards is the same as is it for you. Your first card is not always the best but can turnout very profitable later in the game. This rule also applies when your first card is good and think that you are in for a winner until you see your second card that changes the whole situation so think hard about blackjack surrender before giving up.