The name says it all; this is the blackjack variation that is most commonly found on the strip, Las Vegas. Las Vegas is a large desert city in Nevada that was originally built by casino owners. Casinos used to be banned in a lot of states so they decided to build their own town, full of casinos. There is not much to do in Las Vegas apart from shows and gambling. All the action takes place in one street called the strip. The town has two parts to it, the old and the new. The old part is where it all began and where you will find the most famous casinos. The new part of Vegas is where the old hotels and casinos have moved to, as their position in the old part was getting too small. Vegas has grown throughout the years to become the most famous and largest gambling town in the USA, Gambling Mecca some call it.

Vegas strip blackjack does not differ very much from the basic kind that has been explained in “Getting started 1-3″. The only big difference here is that you are allowed to double down on any first two cards. This means that if you have a total of lets say 7 in your initial deal, you are allowed to double down hhowever if you do this then all double rules apply and you will only receive one extra card.

You are probably asking yourself now, why would you double on a 7 which is an excellent question and would only be done when the dealer has a bad card showing for example, 5 and even then it is a pretty brave play. Players will tend to double because they are not so worried about having a good total to beat the bank but they are actually hoping that the bank will go bust. Statistically seen, a 5 is the worst card that a bank can have and therefore the players are trying to use the statistics to win money.

Also in Vegas strip blackjack there is a slight change in the rules when it comes to splitting. You are normally only allowed to split a total of three times per box, leaving you with four hands to play. This is not usually very interesting because the chance of you splitting three times is very small. This only becomes a problem when you are dealt two aces and you split these to get another few aces. In an ideal world you would like to split these again to increase your chance of getting 21 but unfortunately this is not allowed. The chance is very small of this happening but you must be aware of the complete rules if you are playing Vegas strip blackjack.