Try the Gaming Club's Spanish Blackjack for a Hyper-Strategic Experience
Added: February 13, 2015
If you put all casino games on a spectrum that has to do with the degree of skill they require to play, then you'll have two ends that matter. On one end will be games like slots that are completely chance-based and that require no real skill whatsoever except picking the betting options that keep all features and jackpots activated. On the other end are games that require you to learn strategy to play well. Spanish Blackjack at the Gaming Club is an example of a game that's very far on the extreme end of the strategic side, and this will appeal to a lot of players.
The basic premise of this game is that you get a lot of extra strategic options that you don't normally find in blackjack games. This is compensated for by the fact that there are no ten cards in the deck, so you're playing with the 48-card Spanish deck that puts things a bit more in favor of the house. If you're able to play extremely well, then you can easily get your payout rate above 99 percent in this game, and the best of players will be able to get it up above 99.5 percent with correct play.
Consider the following. If you get a 21 in five cards, you get a 3:2 bonus payout. Getting it in six pays 2:1, and getting it in seven pays 3:1. Moreover, if you get a 6-7-8 combination for 21 or a 7-7-7 combination that are in different suits, it pays at 2:1. If all three cards happen to be in spades, it pays a bonus of 3:1. Moreover, if you get a suited 7-7-7 combination and the dealer's up card is also a seven (which doesn't have to be suited), then you get a jackpot payout of 50:1. All of these are extra pays you wouldn't normally get.
Strategic options in this game include the ability to surrender, double after splitting and re-split aces. What's more is that you can double on any number of cards that you want, and you have the option to surrender or redouble after doubling which really complicates a lot of situations. These extra options are why this game is considered to be hyper-strategic in nature, and it's why you'll really have to put the time in studying if you want to get the most out of it.
