Rules
• The shoe consists of six or eight decks..
• Casino hits a soft 17.
• Player is required to play two hands and make two wagers of
the same amount.
• Casino peeks for blackjack with an ace or ten showing.
• A player and a dealer tie will push, including a blackjack
tie.
• The player can switch the second card dealt to each hand.
• Player can double on any first two cards.
• Player can double down after a splitting.
• Player can re-split up to four hands.
• Blackjacks pays one to one.
• Any player total will push against a dealer hand valuing 22.
However a natural blackjack still beats a dealer 22.
• The is also a side bet based on the players first four cards,
a pair pays one to one, two pairs pays eight to one, three of a kind
pays five to one, and four of a kind pays forty to one.
• 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 Blackjack Switch
Click here to see the Switching Tables
Blackjack Switch is an easy game to enjoy, however it is a little more complicated than the other variations of blackjack when a player is applying a strategy based on mathamatics. The following table gives players the information they need to determine if switching the second card dealt to each hand is a good idea. The table outlines the player odds of winning a hand. To determine if switching is a good decision a player must first add the odds of each hand without switching, before calculating the odds of switching. If the players odds are better without switching, you should not switch.
For example, lets say you are dealt a 7/10 and a 3/8 and the dealer is showing an 10. If you decide to switch your new hands would be a 7/8 and a 3/10. Referencing the table below we will determine if switching is a good decision.
Original Hands
| First Hand | Dealers Card | Player Odds |
| 7/10 = 17 | 10 | -0.4751 |
| Second hand | Dealers Card | Player Odds |
| 3/8 | 10 | 0.0734 |
You now need to add the player odds together to determine the combined odds of winning for both hands.
First Hand Player Odds - 0.4751
Second Hand Player Odds + 0.0734
Total Player Odds - 0.4037
Switched Hands
| First Hand | Dealers Card | Player Odds |
| 7/8 | 10 | -0.5267 |
| Second hand | Dealers Card | Player Odds |
| 3/10 | 10 | 0.4507 |
First Hand Player Odds - 0.5267
Second Hand Player Odds + 0.4507
Total Player Odds - 0.9774
By comparing the total player odds before, and after switching, a player can determine if switching is a good decision. In this example, Switching is not a good decision. Always choose to play the hands that give you the best chance of winning. With -0.4037 as a total the odds are still against you, but they’re much better than a total of –0.9774. After you have determined to switch or not to switch, play each hand according to the regular strategy table. Links above to the first blackjack-switch las vegas rules table http://wizardofodds.com/blackjackswitch
Click here to see the Strategy Tables for Blackjack Switch
We also provide this Switching Calculator to makes thing easy. Just input your card values and the computer does the rest. We suggest you use this calculator while playing in an online casino.
Add the calculator (jing-ding) in a little pop-up just as it is on
http://wizardofodds.com/blackjackswitch so that people can have the little widow open with the calculator while they play at a casino, we need to make it different so they can’t say that we stole it.
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