Blackjack Live

THE WIDEST RANGE OF BLACKJACK VARIANTS

Offering unparalleled choice and innovation, Evolution’s Live Blackjack range brings you and your players the fastest, slickest online Blackjack games in the world.

Our numerous Blackjack variants meet the needs of both experienced and new players. Providing even further choice and variety are unique new takes on Blackjack, such as our super-fast Speed Blackjack, as well as our Infinite, Free Bet and Power Blackjack games.

Most games based on our regular seven-seat Blackjack offer Bet Behind, while Infinite, Free Bet and Power Blackjack all offer unlimited seats at the table. That means players never have to wait for a seat, even at peak times. Operators, meanwhile, can receive significant revenue boosts from these massively scalable solutions.

VIPs are exceptionally well served also, with numerous seven-seat VIP table choices, as well as single-seat private Blackjack tables available in our elite Salon Privé.

Players take their virtual seat and try to achieve a hand that’s closer to 21 than the dealer’s hand. The game is played with eight decks.

CARD VALUES
• Cards from 2 to 10 are worth their face value
• Face cards (Jacks, Queens and Kings) are each worth 10
• Aces are worth 1 or 11, whichever is more favourable to the hand. Note that a soft hand includes an Ace worth 11.

After the allotted betting time has expired, the dealer deals one card face up to each player. Dealing starts with the first player to the dealer’s left and continues clockwise, ending with the dealer. The dealer then deals a second card face up to each player but the dealer’s second card is dealt face down. The value of your initial hand is displayed next to your cards.

BLACKJACK
If the value of your initial two-card hand is exactly 21, you have Blackjack!

INSURANCE
If the dealer’s up card is an Ace, a player can choose to place an additional insurance bet that pays out if the dealer goes on to win with Blackjack. A player clicks ‘Yes’ to purchase this ‘Insurance’ then places an additional bet equal to half the initial Blackjack bet.

The dealer then takes a peek at his/her facedowncard to check for Blackjack. Should the dealer have Blackjack (i.e. an Ace + 10, Jack, Queen or King), the player wins twice the insurance bet.

If the dealer does not have Blackjack, the player loses his/her insurance bet and the game continues.

MAKING A DECISION
As soon as the player receives his/her first two cards they can make an initial decision regarding their hand to Hit, Stand, Double Down or Split.

If no decision is made before the betting time expires, a player’s lack of response is interpreted as hit in the case that the player’s score is 11 or less and stand if it is 12 or more.

DOUBLE DOWN
If a player’s first two cards total 9, 10 or 11 and a third card is likely to result in a hand that beats the dealer’s hand, the player can click ‘Double Down’. This allows a player to double their main bet and receive just one more card.

HIT OR STAND
Alternatively, the player can decide to Hit to be dealt an additional card to add to the value of their hand. The player can Hit more than once to receive additional cards before they decide to Stand once they are satisfied with the value of their hand.

SPLIT
When a player’s first two cards are of equal value, the player can choose to ‘Split’ them into two separate hands.

If the player splits two Aces, he/she will receive just one additional card on each hand. No doubling is allowed.

DEALER’S HAND
The dealer must ‘Hit’ (take an additional card) when his/her hand is 16 or less. The dealer must ‘Stand’ on all hands of 17 or more (including a ‘soft 17’, which is a total of 17 made up of an Ace counted as 11 and a card with the value six). The dealer loses the game with a hand that exceeds 21. If a player’s final hand is closer to 21 than the dealer’s hand, the player wins even money on his/her initial bet.

THE GAME OUTCOME

• The player wins when the value of their final hand is closer to 21 than the dealer’s hand or when the dealer busts
• If the player’s hand value is the same as the dealer’s hand, the game round ends in a push and the player’s bet is returned
• Blackjack is only possible using the two cards in the initial two-card deal

If the sum of the player’s hand exceeds 21, the player busts and loses his/her bet on that hand.