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The number of decks that are in each Blackjack games shoe will play a major part on the house edge of that particular game, you can occasionally find a single deck shoe but more often than not a casino will have more than one deck in play. There are a great many variants on offer and even if a card game has the same number of decks in one particular casino is doesn't necessarily mean that they share the share house edge. The game play rules will give you a better idea of whether a game is favourable to a player and below we have given you a small sample of which multi deck games are available along with a little more valuable information on what rules to look out for to get a low house edge. 2 Deck Games - There is a game commonly known as Vegas Downtown Blackjack that when played with 2 Decks, and one in which the dealer hits a soft 17, and let's you double any cards and after a split, will return a lowish house edge of 0.39%. Keep your eyes out for it, it's fairly hard to find but a good 2 deck game none the less. 4 Deck Games - A good 4 Deck Game to play is one that has the dealer standing on a soft 17, and it will allow you to double on any cards plus you are permitted to double down after a split. If is also has late surrender then you can expect a house edge of 0.34% 5 Deck Games - 5 Deck Blackjack games are in short supply and if you come across one that allows the dealer to stand on a soft 17, and the player to double down on any two cards and after a split, plus one that allows you to split and play upto 4 hands with Early Surrender then you can expect a house edge of 0.47% 6 Deck Games - The one 6 Deck Game that stands heads above all others and one that gives players a tiny house edge of just 0.03% is played with the following game rules The dealer will stand on soft 17 and it is a no peek game, players can double down on 9, 10 or 11 and you can double after a split, along with full early surrender. If the game has those rules and is played with 6 decks then sit down to play as you won't find a better one! 8 Deck Games - Not famed for being over generous when it comes to House Edge the 8 decks games are appearing all over the place by greedy or bottom line obsessed casino operators! The best game we can find that uses 8 Decks is played out with the following rules and has a house edge of some 0.36% The dealer must stand on soft 17 and players can double down on any cards, resplit Aces and take late surrender. |
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