Caribbean 21 rules

Caribbean 21 is a variant of blackjack variant offered by most online gaming rooms or internet casinos. The game is such that offers a player the opportunity to split any 2 initial cards.

It also allows the player to hit or re-double after making an earlier double. Since nothing is for free, the player will lose all ties. There are a lot of rules that have changed about blackjack it is advisable for a player to read carefully before playing.

The Caribbean 21 game is one which is often played with the 8 regular 52-card decks. All cards in Caribbean 21 are calculated and valued just as in blackjack, except that one Ace is always measured as a single point.

A Play begins with the player who makes the first wager. Also, a player will receive 2 cards faced up with the dealer getting another card face up. In Caribbean 21, the rules does not allow the dealer to take a hole card but the player is allowed to stand, hit, split, double or surrender. The hit and stand are options which are of the same rule as is played in conventional blackjack. The player can decide to double in a Caribbean 21 game at any given time using 2 or more cards. This may include doubling and redoubling after a split.

Splitting is one of the rules allowed on any 2 cards. Aces in Caribbean 21 don't have particular restrictions as in a blackjack game but they do have the same rules of splits as do other cards.

After a Caribbean 21 player splits, every card hand in turn must get an additional card immediately. The player may choose to surrender any time s/he wishes but if that happens, the player has to forfeit half their total bet at such times. Surrendering is allowed under the rules of immediately after a split based on a hand by hand. An Ace and two 10-point cards is the pair that is collectively called "Caribbean 21."

They are ranked higher than the other 21-point hands and this includes the after-split. Here, the dealer wins all the ties. A player who wins a bet will pay even money, except a Caribbean 21 that pays 3-2 on only the first hand. If the dealer's up-card is an Ace, the player can create an insurance against the dealer by making a Caribbean 21. This insurance can be taken any time.

It may be taken for any given amount that goes all the way up to half the total of the bet at the time that insurance is taken up. All insurances will pay 9:1 if the dealer gets two 10-point cards as the 2nd and 3rd cards.