Blackjack game variants IV
There are several casino houses that offer blackjack games and also allow players option of side bets in standard gameplay. One such side bet that is often offered by the casinos is the ‘royal match’ is when an exception is made to the rule that suits of cards are not relevant to the game. So, if a player’s first two cards belong to the same suit, he stands to win the ‘royal match’ bet. The profitability of this bet arises from the fact that if the player has a suited queen and king hand, he can win very high payout and in the case of both the player and the dealer having a suited queen and king, the player wins the jackpot payout.
Another popular variant is the ‘21+3’ game where the player’s two cards and the dealer’s one up card are taken together and valued as a 3-card poker hand. if the hand is a straight, flush or three of a kind, the player receives 9-to-1 payout. Understandably the odds for winning such side bets are less favorable than a regular blackjack game. This is a very uncommon gambling game as it combines both the principle of the blackjack and the poker games. However, since the premise of the poker game is only played for the side bet and not for the regular wager of a standard blackjack game, they are independent of one another. So, if a gambler has betted $50 for his original blackjack game and is playing the ‘21+3’ variant then he stands to win $450 if his two cards and the dealer’s up card together can form either a straight, or a flush or a three of a kind hand. However, such situations don’t occur frequently and although the payout is very high, players don’t have any considerable profit from such side bets to make the rule variation a widely accepted feature of blackjack game.
