{"id":17380,"date":"2021-09-09T02:30:32","date_gmt":"2021-09-09T07:30:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/blog\/?p=17380"},"modified":"2024-05-10T10:23:13","modified_gmt":"2024-05-10T15:23:13","slug":"when-should-you-surrender-in-blackjack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/blog\/when-should-you-surrender-in-blackjack\/","title":{"rendered":"Surrender In Blackjack: Everything You Need To Know To Take Advantage"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
The proper use of either early or late surrender in blackjack<\/a> can dramatically cut the house advantage over skilled players. <\/p>\n\n\n\n And while not as popular as it once was, surrender can be found in some land-based casinos, and on many online casinos<\/a> and electronic table games.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Surrender is simply an optional rule in\nblackjack that allows you to give up half your bet after you have seen your\nfirst two cards and the dealer up card. <\/p>\n\n\n\n If your hand has less than a 50 percent chance\nof winning against the dealer, then it\u2019s time to consider surrender. <\/p>\n\n\n\n There are two types of surrender rules,\nreferred to as either early or late surrender. <\/p>\n\n\n\n We will discuss both, though early surrender\nis increasingly difficult to find in its original form, where it hasn\u2019t been\ndiluted by other less advantageous rule changes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Early surrender allows you the option to\nsurrender half your bet before the dealer checks the hole card for blackjack.\nThis has a tremendous effect on house advantage as players can give up half\ntheir bet on bad hands vs. a dealer\u2019s ace up card. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Early surrender was a byproduct of some questionable decisions by the Casino Control Commission<\/a> and early operators in Atlantic City, New Jersey, in the late 70s when casinos first became legal there. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Hoping liberal rules might lure players, and\nnot wanting the dealers to peek at their hole card due to possible collusion,\nthey came up with this new version of surrender.<\/p>\n\n\n\n With a .6 percent blow to the casino\u2019s house edge<\/a>, even basic strategy players had a slight advantage. <\/p>\n\n\n\n In fact, this rule change was so disastrous\nthat in 1981 then New Jersey Governor Byrne had to step in and uphold the New\nJersey Casino Control Commission\u2019s decision to bypass the regular public\nhearing process, as they believed continuing the early surrender rule for the\n60 days normally required for public comment posed an \u201cimminent peril\u201d for\ncasino operators.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Such a potent rule variation is seldom seen today in land-based casinos<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n If you find it online, it\u2019s best to carefully\ncheck all the house rules as they are likely to have been tweaked to make up\nfor the loss to the house edge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n If the rules seem reasonable you will want to\nsurrender 14, 15 or 16 when the dealer has a 10 up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n If the dealer has an ace, you will want to surrender\nhard 5, 6, 7 and 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, and 17. <\/p>\n\n\n\nWhat\nIs Surrender In Blackjack?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Early\nSurrender<\/h2>\n\n\n\n