ETZ: Not a natural after a split

[ETZ]

I was looking at one of the online casinos today and it had a rule that said after splitting aces and then getting a 10 that it counts as 21 and not a blackjack.

Two questions:

1. Is this common? This isn't how it happens in casino's is it? Ot am I living in the dark?

2. What is the change in house advantage for this rule.

Thanks in advance for any help.

Eric

[Parker]

> I was looking at one of the online casinos
> today and it had a rule that said after
> splitting aces and then getting a 10 that it
> counts as 21 and not a blackjack.

> Two questions:

> 1. Is this common? This isn't how it happens
> in casino's is it? Ot am I living in the
> dark?

Well, you're obviously not living in a casino! A blackjack is when your first two dealt cards are an ace and a ten value card. Period. Anything else is just 21. This is pretty much universal, at least in real-world casinos (I don't know about online).

> 2. What is the change in house advantage for
> this rule.

Dunno. All published house advantage figures assume that a ten on an ace after a split is merely 21.

Hell, it's getting more difficult to even find casinos that still pay 3:2 on the customary first-two-card blackjack!

[ETZ]

Thanks for the response. You are right I'm not living in the casino yet. with clarly good reason. Funny how you can learn a lot of things but miss something so basic.

Thanks again.

ETZ
> Well, you're obviously not living in a
> casino! A blackjack is when your first two
> dealt cards are an ace and a ten value card.
> Period. Anything else is just 21. This is
> pretty much universal, at least in
> real-world casinos (I don't know about
> online).

> Dunno. All published house advantage figures
> assume that a ten on an ace after a split is
> merely 21.

> Hell, it's getting more difficult to even
> find casinos that still pay 3:2 on the
> customary first-two-card blackjack!