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21 Duel Blackjack, developed by the innovative minds at Playtech, one of the top online casino software companies in the world, brings something different, borrowing from other games, namely poker, to add an interesting new angle and a challenge to the player.
You're going to play this game against the dealer, of course, and in that way it is no different than any other game you might play in a casino. Well, that's probably a bit inaccurate to say. Here you're going to put forth an ante, and there is room for you to make a side bet, which is optional. When you click on the "Deal" button, you find out how different things are in 21 Duel Blackjack.
You'll get two cards, one face up and the other face down. The dealer, unlike the standard blackjack game, gets both of his cards face down. Then, in a variation that resembles, on a small scale, the principles involved in Texas Hold'em, there are two card in the middle of the table, in a designated spot, that can be used for the "community cards," that is, they can be used by both you and the dealer.
When you get your hand, you decide whether you like ti or not. If you indeed like it, you can fold your hand and in that case you lose the ante. If you decide to continue and play your hand, you have to put an additional bet on the table and then you will take one of the community cards and use it with your face-up card.
Then you play the hand out, and you do so according to procedures that are somewhat similar to regular blackjack. You may elect to stand with your face-up card and community card, and then you simply ignore and discard your face-down card. However, if you want to hit, the face-down card is now turned up and is added to your hand's total. When you're playing this online, of course, you're not looking under it as a poker player could, so you don't know what that face-down card is going to reveal. It's like it was being dealt out of the shoe.
If you have made a hit with the face-down card and stand with it (in other words, you are now satisfied with your total), the dealer turns over one of his cards and has to couple that with a community card. At that point he has to hit all 16's and stand on 17. However, anytime the dealer does not have a total that exceeds 12, the dealer does not qualify and you're going to win your ante bet. If you have a higher total than the dealer you are going to win even money on all bets.
Now let's get around to the side bet. It's called "2 Up" and it's a bet on your part that among the first three cards that show face-up on the table - which in this scenario is your face-up card as well as the two community cards - there is going to be a pair. You get paid off at 3-to-1 odds if there is indeed a pair, and 20-to-1 if it's 3-of-a-Kind.
What will they think of next? Hopefully more and more different ways to enjoy the game of blackjack!
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Game Rating Details: 8.00 / 10
| Software | 8 |
| Easy to Understand | 8 |
| Graphics & Sounds | 8 |
| Game Speed | 8 |
| Theme and Concept | 8 |
| Game Features | 8 |
| Fun Factor | 8 |
| Betting Options | 8 |
| Jackpots | 8 |
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