Does the following sound like something you could get into… A trip to Europe’s live casino central (Riga, Latvia) including accommodation, meals and spending money (valued at €1800) where you’ll take one of 12 available seats in a blackjack tournament at the Royal Casino on December 4. Winner gets €8000 cash, second place €4000, third €2000 and fourth...
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First hand… Blackjack. Second hand…Blackjack. Third hand, you guessed it. Starting a game with a hat-trick of Blackjacks. Can’t remember the last time I had one these, and certainly the first playing live blackjack. This particular game was played on one of Unibet’s dedicated tables – their logo on the actual table felt is...
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Last month we did a post on live casino games you could play on your iPad. The upshot of that post was that the list of casinos and games you could play on iPad was sadly very short, owing to a pretty simple equation: iPad = No (Adobe) Flash Player = No live casino...
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Steely nerved blackjack professionals will tell you that this is a game of mathematics. Play rock solid basic strategy and bet to the count and in the long run, you’ll do well. Deviate from the plan and you fall into trouble. That’s all well and good, but there are a couple of problems with...
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There used to be a problem gambling campaign here in Australia with the slogan, “when it’s no longer fun, walk away“. I had one of those days today. Serious addiction issues? Not really, no. Serious connection issues? Absolutely, yes. I was playing at my local coffee shop, where the Long Macchiatos are outstanding, but the...
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I get quite a few emails from players asking where they can play single deck live blackjack online. The fact that players are looking for this variation online is understandable since all other things being equal, blackjack dealt from a single deck offers better player returns (for optimal play) than games dealt from multiple...
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Are you tired of playing live blackjack and being dealt to by gorgeous female dealers with thick eastern European accents? Personally I’m not, but horses for courses as they say. Prefer a croupier who wouldn’t be out of place dealing cards in Crockfords, Aspinalls or the Ritz Club in London? Well now you’ve got...
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Don’t like to wait too long before your next live blackjack deal? This must have been the feedback Evolution Gaming were getting from players because they now give you a mere 8 seconds to place your bets before the next deal starts! This has been applied across all casinos and all blackjack tables (standard...
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I think the post title translates to, “Live blackjack in German“. If it doesn’t then it should because that’s pretty much what we’re talking about here. As well as offering Spanish speaking live dealers Evolution Gaming now have blackjack tables with German speaking live dealers. You won’t hear a word of English while playing...
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One issue I’ve been having lately playing (or trying to play) live blackjack is that during busy times at the bigger casinos/platforms it can be difficult to get a seat. It seems that as fast as Playtech and Evolution Gaming add more tables and dealers, they get snapped up by an ever growing legion...
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