In typical Black Orchid Casino fashion, the game is dealt by our engaging live dealers via streaming video and incorporates both live chat with the dealer and with other players at the table. Live Blackjack Early Payout offers multi-hand betting meaning that you can bet on one, two or all three hand positions depending on your appetite for action.

Live blackjack is one of the most popular casino games in the world because it is fun to play and is one of the highest paying games available in a casino. Black Orchid Casino's Live Blackjack Early Payout v2.0 boasts an incredible 99.5% payout due to the fact that the game follows basic strategy. Basic strategy is a predefined set of actions which are statistically proven to be the most optimal method for maximizing your odds of winning against the house. Most professional blackjack players memorize basic strategy and use it on every hand at both land based and online blackjack tables. When you play Live Blackjack Early Payout the live dealer will deal per basic strategy giving you the most probable chance of winning as it is always the most favorable course of action. Of course you have the option to opt out of any basic strategy action that you might not want to take. For example, if basic strategy is dictating that you Double or Split for a particular hand you can choose not to. A new feature of version 2.0 allows the player to Stand at any stage during the hand and of course you can always take the early payout offered.

The early payout element of this version of live blackjack is similar to 'Deal or No Deal' in that you are offered a price to exit the hand early at every stage of the game. The early payout amount can be lower or higher than the original bet and is determined based on the strength of the player's hand against the dealer's 'up card'. For example, if you have a weak hand against a dealer's strong hand and you didn't want to risk losing your entire bet you can choose to take the early payout and recoup some of your original wager. Conversely, if you had a very strong hand against a dealer's weak 'up card' the early payout offered would be more than your original bet allowing you to end the hand early and lock in your profits if you desired. Early payout adds even more excitement to live blackjack because you will always get to see the hand dealt to completion enabling you to verify whether your decision to play the hand to completion, or exit the hand early, was correct.

As mentioned, version 2.0 now offers the player the ability Stand at any point in the hand deviating from basic strategy and passing up the early payout. For example if you have a 16 against the dealers 'up card' of 10, and you do not want to Hit per basic strategy nor do you want to exit the hand via early payout, you can elect to Stand and hope the dealer Busts.

Black Orchid Casino has also added two new side bets to Live Blackjack Early Payout which can be bet on before a game begins. These bets are Pairs and Rummy. A Pair bet wins if the first 2 cards dealt to your hand are a Pair. A Rummy is a combination of three cards, the first two cards of your hand and the dealer's 'up card'. Rummy wins if the cards are three in a row of the same suit, such as 8H, 9H for the player and 10H for the dealer, or if all three cards are the same number, such as 5H, 5C for the player and 5S for the dealer.

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