Progressive Blackjack Information & Game Preview

Progressive Blackjack Game Play

Progressive Blackjack is played in the same way as internet blackjack. The difference in the progressive game is the availability for a player to make an additional $1 side bet which qualifies him/her to benefit from a bonus jackpot. The $1 side bet must be made before the hands are dealt. The bonus progressive jackpot is won when a player receives consecutive aces when the first cards are dealt. The amount of the progressive payout varies for different combinations of the aces.

The difference in the game is the availability for a player to make an additional $1 side bet which qualifies him/her to benefit from a bonus jackpot. The $1 side bet must be made before the hands are dealt. The bonus jackpot is won when a player receives consecutive aces when the first cards are dealt. The amount of the payout varies for different combinations of the aces as seen below:

Progressive – Bonus Bet Paytable Result Payout

Result	Payout
4 Suited Aces	JACKPOT
3 Suited Aces	$5000
4 Unsuited Aces	$2500
3 Unsuited Aces	$250
2 Suited Aces	$100
2 Unsuited Aces	$50

Rules Summary

1. 6 – 52 card decks are used
2. The deck is re-shuffled after every hand
3. Dealer stands on all soft 17’s
4. Double after splitting allowed
5. No re-splitting of cards allowed
6. Surrender is allowed
7. Only one additional card allowed on each Ace when splitting pairs
8. $1 side bet must be played to qualify for the bonus payout before cards are dealt

Game Play

Hit:

Requests another card. You can request a hit as many times as you like, but if your total goes over twenty-one, you will "bust" and lose the hand.

Stand:

Requests that you receive no more cards. The hand as it currently stands will be judged against the dealers.

Split:

If you have two cards of the same denomination, a Split button will appear. You can split your cards into two hands and play each hand separately. Your original bet will be duplicated for the new hand. Each hand will be played out as usual except when splitting Aces, where only one additional card per hand is dealt. A white box displaying your card total will appear over each hand indicating which hand is active. The split option can only be used once per hand — you cannot split part of a split hand. Any winning 21 obtained after splitting a pair is paid 1-to-1.

Double Down:

If you select this option, three things will happen: you will get exactly one more card, your turn will end, and your bet will be doubled.

Insurance:

Whenever the dealers up-card is an Ace, the player has an option of taking insurance. The player may opt to take insurance by clicking on the "Insurance " button. If you do not wish to take insurance, you simply click on the "Hit" button to proceed with the rest of the hand. If the player believes that the dealers down card is a 10-ranking card, then the player is permitted to place a side bet of half the original wager as insurance. If the dealer does have a 10 ranking card, the player is immediately paid 2-to-1 on the insurance bet, but the original wager is lost unless the player too has a progressive bet and pushes with the dealer. Here the player is simply betting that the dealers unseen card is a 10-valued card.