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Double Exposure Blackjack is a variant of blackjack in which both the dealer's cards are revealed to players at the start of the hand. Knowing the dealer's hand provides significant information, and without rules modifications would be advantageous to the player.

The main rules changes to provide the casino with the advantage are even money payouts on blackjack (compared to 3:2 at normal tables) and ties losing (compared to pushing in standard blackjack).

Other rules changes also exist to the detriment of players. Certain tables restrict doubling down and splitting, and do not allow doubles after splits.

The game was invented by Bob Stupak, former owner of Vegas World and Stratosphere casinos.

The Bodog Casino is one of the most popular and long-running online casinos in the world. They’re best known for three things:

You’ll never be bored – they have 100+ games, from Blackjack to brand new slot machines. And if you don’t want to download anything you can still play – either in your browser, or on your cell phone or other mobile device. You can play for free, learn new games in their casino school and you can even bet on sports and horses and play poker on your casino account.

Help is always available – their customer service aims to answer calls on the 1st ring and emails in 15 minutes. And these aren’t just operators, they’re casino hosts who know about the games and the software and can take care of any issues right away.

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When we're talking strategy in Blackjack, you need to know about six basic components of the game. This section, Part 1, deals with the first three: Hitting and Standing, Doubling Down and Splitting.

Hitting and Standing

The most basic place to start is hitting and standing. The most fundamental thing to remember is, because the dealer always has to take a hit on any hand 16 or lower, you won't win as much money when you're holding less than 17, unless the dealer busts. So, how should that statement affect your play? Here's a quick rundown.

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Blackjack or 21 (twenty-one), is by far the most popular casino table game. It is quick to learn the basics and playing blackjack is fun.

The objective of Blackjack is for a Player to come as close to 21 without going over, while still having a higher total than the Dealer. Prior to receiving any cards, the Player must place a bet. Once the bet is made, the Player is dealt two cards face up. The Dealer is also dealt two cards. If the total value of the Player's cards is closer to 21 than the Dealer, the Player wins as much as was bet. The Player also wins if the Dealer goes over 21 and the Player has not busted.

If the Player's total goes over 21, the Player loses the amount bet. Players in the Download version of the Casino have the option to play 1 or 2 hands against the Dealer.

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Double Attack Blackjack has very liberal blackjack rules and the option of increasing one's wager after seeing the dealer's up card. This game is dealt from a Spanish shoe, and blackjacks pay only even money.

Chinese Blackjack is also known as 21-point, ban-nag (Cantonese) or ban-luck (Hokkien). It is a gambling game played in South East Asia which bears similarity to conventional Blackjack.

The game uses one or two 52-card deck(s), playable by any number of players. One of them is to be a dealer, or they may take turn to be the dealer, e.g. each person deals 3 rounds or 3 winning rounds. In this article, players beside the dealer shall be denoted "players".

It is to be said that although Chinese Blackjack has some standard rules, there exist several house rules that are played in some games. It will be stated in the rules below if it is a house rule. House rules mean that they are not played in standard Chinese Blackjack games.

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American mathematician Dr. Edward O. Thorp is considered the father of card counting. His 1962 book Beat the Dealer (ISBN 0394703103) outlined various betting and playing strategies for optimal blackjack play. Although mathematically sound, some of the techniques described no longer apply as casinos took counter-measures (such as no longer dealing to the very last card). Also, the counting system described (10-count) is harder to use and less profitable than the point-count systems that have been developed since. A history of how counting developed can be seen in David Layton's documentary film, "The Hot Shoe."

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Card counting is a card game strategy used to determine when a player has a probability advantage. The term is used almost exclusively to refer to the tracking of the ratio of high cards to low cards in blackjack, although theoretically card counting can be used in some other card games.

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Spanish 21 provides players with many liberal blackjack rules, such as doubling down any number of cards (with the option to 'rescue', or surrender only one wager to the house), payout bonuses for five or more card 21's, 6-7-8 21's, 7-7-7 21's, late surrender, and player blackjacks always winning and player 21's always winning, at the cost of having no 10 cards in the deck (though there are jacks, queens, and kings). With correct basic strategy, a Spanish 21 game has a lower house edge than a comparable blackjack game. Another casino game similar to blackjack is Pontoon.

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If the dealer's upcard is an Ace, the player is offered the option of taking Insurance before the dealer checks his 'hole card'.

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