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Would you like to play a game of blackjack and could see both of the dealer's cards?
Wouldn't that make it much easier for you to play your hand?
Face Up 21 is a variation that has been produced by RTG (RealTime Gaming) offers that option. An eight-deck online blackjack game, Face Up 21 offers a different twist where the dealer reveals both its cards to the player.
This is known at many other casinos (most famously at the old Players World casino in Las Vegas) as the "double exposure" game. Vegas called it "Double Exposure 21" to be exact, and trademarked the name, so that other venues had to come up with other names for it. If you go international, the game is also known as Zweikartenspiel. RTG calls it "Face Up 21."
Whatever the name, this is an online blackjack game that has some interesting rules, and some of these rules are designed to strike a balance in "getting something back" for the house, to compensate for the player being able to see both of the dealer';s cards. For instance, blackjack pays off at even money, which obviously takes something away from the player, who is used to getting paid off at 3-to-2 odds.
Here are some of the other rules:
* The player cannot play more than one hand at a time. Players are restricted to playing one hand.
* The player can double on 9, 10 or 11.
* The player can split any pair, and then can re-split once if dealt another card that is of the same rank.
* The player is allowed to receive one card to split Aces, and cannot hit again. If a ten-value card is received on a split Ace, that will be 21, obviously, but it will not be a "blackjack" and not an automatic winner.
* If the player and the dealer both get a blackjack (a two-card 21), the player wins. This is something that is good for the player, because blackjack don't come all that often.
* However, ties on any other hand are not "pushes," but in fact go to the dealer. In a game of blackjack, there will be a push about 8% of the time.
* The dealer hits soft 17 in this game (which means the house can make more hands of the 17, which is something the player doesn't really want to see).
* There is no insurance option, which obviously makes sense since the player can see both of the dealer's cards.
Most other things of this blackjack game are pretty straight-forward, and you can make your own activity simpler by turning on an Autoplay option, which allows you to play the hands automatically for as long as you select.
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Game Rating Details: 7.58 / 10
| Software | 7 |
| Easy to Understand | 7 |
| Graphics & Sounds | 7 |
| Game Speed | 9 |
| Game Features | 8 |
| Fun Factor | 8 |
| Betting Options | 7 |
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