Take The Challenge Of Double Attack Blackjack

Added: January 14, 2016

If you are tired of playing the standard European Blackjack and Vegas Strip Blackjack games, then Double Attack Blackjack is an online variant that you can try. It brings in some challenging elements into play. You have the option of increasing your stake after seeing the dealer’s face up card. Double Attack Blackjack is live at Playtech online casinos like Omni Casino and Mansion Casino.

Playtech Double Attack Blackjack is played with eight Spanish decks. A Spanish deck has the four tens removed and therefore has only 48 cards. You begin by placing the ante bet as usual. But departing from the normal game play, the dealer’s face up card is dealt before any of your cards. At this point you have to take a call on whether or not to stake the Double Attack bet. In this bet you can wager any amount up to the ante bet. Then your first two cards are dealt face up and the dealer’s second card is dealt face down. The dealer checks for blackjack if required and you play your moves as in normal online blackjack variants.

Some of the rules of Double Attack Blackjack are different from those in the regular online blackjack games. Splitting hands require you to place an additional wager equal to both bets. However, for doubling down you have the option of doubling only the ante bet or both the ante and the Double Attack bet. The Insurance bet pays out at 5 to 2. The Surrender option can be exercised anytime during your game play. All these differences, particularly the Double Attack bet gives you considerable advantage. Therefore there is a need to compensate for this so as to keep the average return at less than 100%. This is done by paying even money for blackjacks. Double Attack Blackjack also offers an optional Bust It side bet. It must be placed along with the ante bet. The Bust It wins if the dealer busts with exactly three cards. It pays out according to a payout table given in the rules of the game.

Like for all online blackjack variants, you must employ optimum strategy for best results. The optimum strategy for the Double Attack bet is to raise to the maximum for all dealer cards, except ace, nine and ten. For these cards, you do not place the Double Attack bet. You should never place the Bust It bet because it has a very high house edge. For the rest of the game you play with the usual optimum strategy.