Spanish Blackjack Rules

You may have thought that all versions of blackjack had similar rules. This may be true to a point - if you have never played Spanish blackjack. This version of the game is quite different to most other forms of blackjack and these differences come through mainly in the bonus payouts.

In Spanish blackjack, there are no tens in the deck. You will see shortly how this affects the game in terms of the bonuses offered to certain winning hands.

This is how the rules differ:

• Six to eight decks are used in the game - this depends on the online casino.
• Your card value of 21 will always beat the dealer's 21.
• Your blackjack will also always beat the dealer's blackjack.
• You can double down with any amount of cards in your hand.
• You can split Aces.
• You are allowed to re-split up to three times.
• You are allowed to surrender late (after the first two cards) - however, this is not allowed if the dealer already has blackjack.
• This is one of the only versions of the game where double down rescue is allowed - this means that you may surrender half your bet if you do not like the next card.
• Dealer can hit on a soft 17.

As you can see, there are quite a few rules in Spanish blackjack that seem to play into your favour so that you can beat the dealer. However, you need to keep in mind the importance of not having tens in the deck. Although this also diminishes the dealer's chance of getting blackjack, it also takes away a few of your outs when you are going for a blackjack. In order to cover this inequality, the game offers you a series of bonuses.

• A hand made up of 5 cards that totals 21 pays 3:2
• A hand made up of 6 cards that totals 21 pays 2:1
• A hand made up of 7 or more cards that totals 21 pays 3:1
• A hand made up of 6, 7,8 of matching suits pays 2:1
• A hand made up of 6, 7,8 of mixed suits pays 3:2
• A hand made up of 6, 7,8 of spades pays 3:1
• A hand made up of three 7s of mixed suit pays 3:2
• A hand made up of three 7s of the same suit pays 2:1
• A hand made up of three 7s of spades pays 3:1

These bonuses only apply to winning hands that have not been doubled. Spanish blackjack is one of the more dynamic games of blackjack and requires quite a lot of thought when playing the game due to the many different bonus payouts.