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Why Blackjack and Perfect Pair Rocks at Springbok South Africa Online Casino
What is better than brandy, bokkoms and bloubul steak? Blackjack that pays out at odds of up to 25 to 1. Yep, if you throw a tenner at the game at the South Africa online casino, you get R250 plus the tenner back. That is just the side-bet action. There are prizes for the main game too!
What are we talking about? Blackjack and Perfect Pair, of course. It is a ‘hot to handle’ side bet blackjack, and it is available right here at the #1 South Africa online casino!
Best South Africa Online Casino Games – Shaken Not Stirred!
At Springbok instant play, we have taken the classic casino games and given them a good shake. In some of the titles, we have ‘gooied’ in a few jackpots and big paying bonus prizes to jazz things up. In others, we have upped the ante by widening the selection of bets on the table.
Blackjack and Perfect Pair falls into the latter category. You will find that behind the slew of bets are lekker, lip-smacking odds that are suitably in your favour, too!
Leverage the High Payback Percentage in Classic Blackjack
First a word about the blackjack component of the game. As a top-ranked South Africa online casino, we feature games by only the best software supplier. In our case, it is SpinLogic Gaming, formerly known as RTG.
Long story short. SpinLogic blackjack – the classic version of the game – has an average payback percentage of 99.46%. That, guys and gals, is as good as it gets.
Let us put it another way. For every ten bucks in real ZAR wagered, R9.95 is returned to players as winnings. That is ALL the players at all SpinLogic online casinos over hundreds of thousands of hands. Not bad in the slightest!
Best in Terms of Profitability
By that metric alone, blackjack is one of the best bets at our seriously slick South Africa online casino. It is like fine wine from the Hemel en Aarde Valley. The more you partake, the more you want! It also gets better over time…
The payback percentage is a broad indication of the profitability factor. You can obviously end up with a much larger bankroll or lose the lot – it is about the law of averages after all, folks! That said, you have a good shot at decent returns in the long run.
When you compare classic blackjack with Caribbean Stud Poker (94.78% payback), Caribbean Hold Em Poker (97.84%), Let Em Ride (96.49%) and European Roulette (97.22%), you know you are onto a good thing!
Standard Blackjack Rules
The payback percentage is one factor driving blackjack’s reputation as a people pleaser. The other factor is the rules. In this game, there are no sneaky surprises that can get you fleeced – like a Karroo lammetjie on the way to market!
As with all good gaming establishments, Springbok Casino pays 3 to 2 for a natural blackjack. A winning insurance bet pays out at 2 to 1 odds. You can double on any two cards – but only the first two cards you are dealt. One card is dealt to split aces, and there is no such restriction with the rest of the splits.
Learnable Game of Skill
What you must keep foremost in mind is blackjack is a game of skill. It is possible to learn how to win more hands more often. When you take the time to memorise all the tricks and tactics, you have the best chance of banking the bucks!
Blackjack strategy is not rocket science. It is common sense… but if you think you lack even that, you can always download the basic blackjack strategy from the internet. That way, you can play like a person possessed – not by the devil or tokoloshe, mind you, but by a bit of artificial intelligence in the form of a shared document!
The fact you can improve your game means you can maximise the gains and reduce the losses. You won’t win all the time. Following the strategy simply gives you a statistically better chance of winning every time you play blackjack at our star rated South Africa online casino!
Eish! Classic Blackjack with A Side Bet
If classic blackjack is such a great real money game, why are we pushing Blackjack and Perfect Pair? Well, in essence, they are one and the same game. The only difference is in the perfect pair variant you have the option to place a side bet.
What are you betting on? The probability that the first two cards you are dealt is a pair. To be clear, the side bet is a standalone wager. It has nothing to do with the main bet.
What is the main bet in blackjack? It is a punt on your hand beating that of the dealer’s. Do that and you get paid even money. Hit a natural blackjack – an ace and 10 value card in the first two cards – and you win at odds of 3 to 2. That is the payout at our South Africa online casino, in any event.
Shoo! Side Bet Odds Are Lit!
Back to the side bet. If you take the bet and the first two cards dealt form a pair, you are in the money. A mixed pair pays 6 to 1, a coloured pair 12 to 1 and a perfect pair delivers winnings at juicy odds of 25 to 1. A perfect pair is two cards of a matching rank, colour and suit.
Enjoy Unlimited Flexibility
What makes this variation of online blackjack so appealing is the flexibility it affords. You can accept or decline the side bet on a per hand basis. You can also change the chip value round by round. It’s all up to you – and how much moolah you are ready to put at stake.
The same flexibility applies to the blackjack bet. You can adjust the stake up and down at will. You can also accept or reject the insurance bet when the dealer shows an ace or 10 value card.
Strategy and Betting Systems
A good strategy is to only play the perfect pair component when you are up in the game. If you lose the side bet, you can still reduce the losses by winning the main bet. If you are lucky, you may just triumph on both accounts and it is win-win all round!
Besides taking the strategic approach, you can also try betting according to a system, like the Martingale. The best blackjack players typically adopt a system like that. It is a progression betting system where they increase the stake when they win and decrease it when they lose.
Some players prefer a non-progression system – the so-called Reverse Martingale. The concept is the same, it simply works the other way round. Why not give it a try now at our award-winning South Africa online casino?
Pairs and Probability
There is yet another, equally important factor that can determine whether you win or lose. It is present in all the games at Springbok South Africa online casino. It is of course a little element called luck, chance or fortune.
Luck goes hand in hand with probability – the statistical likelihood of a specific outcome occurring. When it comes to the probability of the perfect pair side bet winning, here are the stats. According to the number crunchers, there is a:
- 1.69% chance of hitting a perfect pair
- 1.93% chance of getting a coloured pair
- 3.86% chance of being dealt a mixed pair
What the Stats Say
The most interesting stat of all is the 3.86% probability of the mixed pair. When you compare that to a natural blackjack, which occurs roughly 4.8% of the time, there is little separating the two!
What are the stats telling you? Taking the perfect pair side bet every once in while can pay off. That is especially true considering the lowest available side bet odds are 6 to 1 against a natural blackjack’s 3 to 2!
That is precisely what makes Blackjack and Perfect Pair such a great game. It gives the legions of players at the leading South Africa online casino plenty of options to play around with – and that can include you!
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