Two Online Blackjack Variations

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The classic online Blackjack game is known and beloved to millions of players around the world. Its familiar format is based on the original French card game of vingt-et-un, or "twenty one," that emerged around the year 1700. As the game continues to evolve and grow, however, many online Blackjack sites are providing Blackjack enthusiasts with even more playing options. Instead of simply offering the classic game style, online Blackjack sites are changing up the regular routine, mixing variations like Blackjack Switch and Blackjack Surrender into casino game lobbies.

Blackjack Switch is a game that allows online Blackjack fans the chance to play two hands of Blackjack at the same time. At the start of every Blackjack Switch game, each player is dealt two hands of two cards each for a total of four cards. Before immediately deciding whether or not to Hit, Stand, Double Down or Split, players can take advantage of the fun Switch option. The Switch allows players to exchange the cards between their hands. If, for example, a player is holding a 9-5 and a 10-2, they can change the order of the cards to be a 9-10 and 5-2 or a 10-5 and 9-2.

In the online Blackjack game Blackjack Surrender, players are given the unique chance to end their game early. Players may choose to Surrender, or forfeit their cards, after receiving the first deal of two cards. The fee for Surrendering costs players half of their original bet.