Hacker 21

Hacker 21 is an extremely exciting online blackjack table offered by Betsoft Gaming. It is a machine whose traditional blackjack rules have been modified to offer an original and unique game.

On Pirate 21, the game allows you to play up to three hands in one game. The objective is always to try to find a score as close as possible to 21, without going over that number. And it's the player or the dealer with the highest score who wins. However, here the table is played with 6 decks of cards that are quite specific: all 10 cards are removed from the decks.

The principle is that the player and the dealer continue to draw a card until one of them wins blackjack or loses by exceeding a score of 21. The scores are compared when both the player and the dealer decide to stop drawing cards.

After placing a bet, the player receives two cards, face up. The dealer also takes two cards, but one of them is face up. Both opponents must draw a card at a time as long as their score is less than or equal to 14. Beyond 14, they can stop drawing cards if they wish.

If he thinks he can win against the dealer, the player can double his bet. He can also split, which means splitting his hand in two: this requires him to place a new bet for the other hand.

The specific rules of Pirate 21

In Pirate 21, all cards with a face value of 10 are removed. Therefore, the 6 decks of cards used no longer contain any 10 cards, greatly reducing the likelihood of achieving blackjack. To obtain a blackjack in this case, you need to have an Ace and a face card.

In return, Betsoft has changed the rules regarding who wins between the player and the dealer: it is always the player's blackjack that prevails over the dealer's. The same applies to identical scores: the player always wins.

Apart from these few changes, the other basic rules of blackjack are held by Pirate 21.

Retailer Match Bonus

The online blackjack game Pirate 21 allows the player to place an additional bet in order to participate in the dealer match bonus. He bets that one of his two initial cards matches the dealer's face up card.

The peculiarity of this bonus is that it always pays the player. The winnings amount to 4 times the additional bet if the said card does not match that of the dealer. And if it is a matching card, the winnings reach 9 times the bet.