Rules
• The game is played with an infinite number of regular 52-card
decks.
• All cards are valued as in blackjack, except an ace is always
one point.
• The player shall receive two cards face up and the dealer
one card face up. The dealer does not take a hole card.
• The player may hit, stand, double, split, or surrender. The
hit and stand option are the same as in conventional blackjack.
• The player may double at any time with two or more cards.
This includes redoubling and doubling after a split.
• Splitting is allowed on any two cards. Aces have no special
restrictions as in blackjack and have the same splitting rules as
other cards. After the player splits, each single card hand in turn
shall immediately get an additional card. The Player is allowed to
split only once to two hands.
• The player may surrender at any time. If the player surrenders
he forfeits half his total bet at that time. Surrender is allowed
after splitting on a hand by hand basis.
• An ace and two 10-point cards is called a "Caribbean
21" and is ranked higher than all other 21 point hands, including
after splitting.
• The dealer shall win all ties.
• A winning player bet shall pay even money, except for a Caribbean
21 which pays 3-2 on the initial hand only.
• Otherwise refer to the basic rules of blackjack. Please refer
to the Blackjack 101, Blackjack 201, and Blackjack 301 menus on this
site for the basic rules of blackjack.
Click here to see the Strategy Tables for RTG Caribbean
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