Caribbean 21 – The Blackjack Guide

Caribbean 21 is a variation of Blackjack unique to Real Time Gaming casinos. It has some strange features so might take some getting used to!

Caribbean 21 is dealt from an infinite deck of cards.
Aces can count as only 1.
The dealer gets only one card face up and does not take a hole card.
The player may double at any time with two or more cards. This includes redoubling and doubling after a split.
Player can hit after doubling
Splitting is allowed on any two cards. Aces have no special restrictions as in blackjack and have the same splitting rules as other cards.
Split only once to two hands.
The player may surrender at any 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.
A winning player bet shall pay even money, except for a Caribbean 21 which pays 3-2 on the initial hand only.
Player loses all ties.

The house edge, taking all this into account, is around 0.19%.