Blackjack is a game that you can play in every country. The main reason is the low house edge, and also that it has no variations. It is one of the best features of blackjack that it is played in the same way across casinos everywhere. This is unlike the other card games that have different variations for every casino, locality, country, and even festivals. The chances of finding that the rules on one blackjack table are different from the other were very slim. Until now it is the same. The game stands to go through what can only be a revolutionary change.
Strange as it may seem, a whole lot of new variations for blackjack are coming up. The strange part is that this is not something that online casinos that offer standard blackjack are doing. The games of blackjack with its variations are what online poker rooms are offering. What the gimmick is nobody is very clear about, but online casinos that offer standard blackjack have not started something new. Maybe the poker rooms want to help their customers and regulars find new games. Or maybe it could be all about the money.
It is a well-known fact that blackjack has perhaps the lowest house edge among all other card games. Now blackjack is no game on the sidelines, so the casino would not mind having such a low edge on it. This game is rabidly popular. In addition, casinos will rarely like something that does not make them as much money as they want to. With so many people favoring blackjack over the other games with a larger house edge, maybe they thought that it was about time that they brought about a change in the old ways. Now this induction is not a result of any bias against casinos, but the style of playing in the variations itself lets this out.
PokerTec is one of the poker rooms that is adding a blackjack variation in the form of a side bet on their electronic blackjack table. The side bet is that before the casino deals, the hand players will get an option to place a bet on the side related to the game itself. The bet is a small insignificant bet that requires not much understanding or knowledge of probability. An example of the bet is that the first two cards will total 20. Such a bet has odds of winning to the tune of 1 in 100. Now this may be discouraging, but the payoff is not. It can be anything from 4 to 1 to 1000 to 1, but it all depends on the combination of the winning cards. The purpose of this side bet is to tempt blackjack players to place a bet on such a game that offers the house a bigger edge.
The Cake Poker Network on the other hand has a new game called “Tourney Blackjack.” The players in this game play against each other instead of against the house. The winner of the game will be the person with the max number of chips. As it is so similar to poker, it is for other poker players seemingly. There is no reason to worry; the core blackjack will still be the same!