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 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 a shows and gambling. All the action
takes part in one street, 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 to small. Vegas has grown throughout the years to become the most famous and largest gambling town,
Gambling Mecca some call it.
This variation of 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 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. 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? This is only done when the dealer has a bad
card showing for example, 5. Players will tend to double because they are not so worries 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.
There is also a slight change in the rules when it comes to splitting.
You are only allowed to split a total of three times per box,
leaving you with four hands to play. This is not usually a 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 ever so small of this
happening but you must be aware of the complete rules if you are playing a game.
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