Double Deck Blackjack in Las Vegas

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Double deck blackjack is the best game offered at most Las Vegas casinos. The minimum bet on the Strip is often $25 or more. The rules can vary from one casino to another, or even from table to table within the same casino.

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The best casinos for double-deck blackjack as of this writing is the reopened Palms Casino, which offers two tables with a miniscule 0.14% house advantage against a basic strategy player, because of the rule mandating that the dealer stands on soft 17. The minimum is usually $100, and goes upward from there. All the best double-deck blackjack in Las Vegas is now at least $100 minimum except for Treasure Island, which still sometimes offers it at $50 minimum. However, Treasure Island strongly discourages and often bars play by anyone who understands how to play blackjack correctly and bets more than relatively low stakes. For lower-stakes players, games are located in many casinos, listed below in order of house edge, best game first.

Double Deck Blackjack in Las Vegas

There are numerous casinos offering double deck blackjack at which the dealer hits soft 17, a disadvantage for the player. They are listed in the chart below.
There are also casinos which seek to take severe advantage of the unknowing patron, by short-paying blackjacks at 6-5 instead of the normal 3-2. A game that pays 6-5 should be avoided entirely, regardless of the number of decks. Because the 6-5 games should be avoided and we do not even consider them to be genuine blackjack, we do not list them in the survey below.

Las Vegas Blackjack Surveys: Single Deck and Shoe games.

Double Deck Blackjack Survey From BJ21

Casino	Tables	Edge	Decks	Cut	Min	Max	Rules
South Point	26	0.40	2	0.8	10	2000	h17, ds, sc, pv
Orleans	19	0.40	2	0.8	10	1000	h17, ds, sc, pv
Aliante	13	0.40	2	0.8	10	1000	h17, ds, nm, sc
Red Rock	13	0.4	2	0.5	15	10000	h17, ds, sc, notch
Santa Fe Station	12	0.40	2	0.5	10	1000	h17, ds, shoe, notch
California	12	0.53	2	1.0	15	1000	h17, sc
Rampart	11	0.40	2	0.7	10	2000	h17, ds, nm, sc, notch
Rampart	11	0.40	2	0.7	10	2000	h17, ds, nm, sc, notch
Suncoast	11	0.40	2	0.5	10	2000	h17, ds, sc
Boulder Station	10	0.4	2	0.5	10	1000	h17, ds, shoe, notch
Cannery	10	0.4	2	0.6	5	1000	h17, ds, nm, sc, pv
Sunset Station	9	0.40	2	0.5	10	3000	h17, ds, nmm, shoe
Gold Coast	9	0.40	2	0.9	15	2000	h17, ds, sc, pv
Sams Town	9	0.40	2	0.9	10	2000	h17, ds, shoe, pv
Wynn Las Vegas	7	0.40	2	0.7	200	10000	h17, ds, nm, sc, notch
Mandalay Bay	7	0.19	2	0.6	100	10000	s17, ds, notch
Green Valley Ranch	7	0.40	2	0.5	10	10000	h17, ds, nm, shoe, notch
Palace Station	7	0.40	2	0.5	15	5000	h17, ds, nm, sc, pv
El Cortez	6	0.40	2	0.7	10	2000	h17, ds, shoe
M Resort	5	0.40	2	0.8	15	3000	h17, ds, nms, sc, pv
Treasure Island	4	0.40	2	0.8	15	2000	h17, ds, nm, shoe
Venetian	4	0.40	2	1.0	50	10000	h17, ds, shoe, notch
Palazzo	3	0.40	2	0.8	50	10000	h17, ds, sc
Arizona Charlie\'s Decatur	3	0.40	2	0.8	10	500	h17, ds, nm, sc, pv
Palms (I)	3	0.40	2	0.5	15	3000	h17, ds, shoe
Treasure Island	3	0.19	2	0.6	50	5000	s17, ds, nm, shoe
Club Fortune	3	0.40	2	0.7	5	200	h17, ds, nm, sc, pv
Fremont	3	0.53	2	0.8	15	500	h17
Encore	3	0.40	2	0.5	100	10000	h17, ds, nm, sc, notch
Golden Nugget	3	0.40	2	0.5	50	5000	h17, ds, nm, sc, notch
Palms (I)	2	0.14	2	0.5	100	10000	s17, ds, rsa
Main Street Station	2	0.40	2	0.9	5	500	h17, ds, pv
Mohegan Sun (I)	2	0.40	2	0.9	25	5000	h17, ds, nm
Luxor	2	0.40	2	0.6	100	5000	h17, ds, nm, shoe
Jerry\'s Nugget	2	0.40	2	0.9	5	300	h17, ds, nm, sc, shoe, pv
Silverton	2	0.35	2	0.8	25	1000	h17, ds, rsa, nm, shoe, pv
M Resort	2	0.35	2	0.8	50	3000	h17, ds, rsa, nms, sc, pv
New York New York	2	0.40	2	0.7	100	5000	h17, ds, shoe
Park MGM	2	0.19	2	0.6	100	10000	s17, ds, nm, shoe
Plaza	2	0.40	2	1.0	25	2000	h17, ds, nm
Bellagio	2	0.19	2	.7	300	10000	s17, ds
Aria	2	0.19	2	0.5	300	10000	s17, ds, nm, pv
Circa	2	0.4	2	0.6	200	10000	h17, ds
Harrah\'s	2	0.53	2	0.7	50	5000	h17, nm, sc
Orleans	2	0.40	2	0.8	25	2000	h17, ds, nm, sc, pv
Mirage	2	0.19	2	0.7	200	10000	s17, ds, notch
Flamingo	2	0.53	2	0.5	50	5000	h17, sc, pv
Cromwell	2	0.53	2	0.7	100	5000	h17, nm, sc
Tropicana	1	0.40	2	0.6	25	1500	h17, ds, sc, notch
Resorts World	1	0.40	2	0.7	200	10000	h17, ds, shoe, thru host only
Sahara	1	0.4	2	0.8	50	3000	h17, ds
Strat	1	0.40	2	0.5	25	2000	h17, ds, nm, sc, notch
Golden Nugget	1	0.53	2	0.5	25	2500	h17, nm, sc, notch
Westgate	1	0.40	2	1.0	100	5000	h17, ds, sc
Golden Gate	1	0.40	2	0.7	100	2500	h17, ds, shoe
D Las Vegas	1	0.40	2	0.7	100	5000	h17, ds, pv
Paris	1	0.53	2	0.6	100	5000	h17, nms, sc, pv
Planet Hollywood	1	0.53	2	0.7	50	5000	h17, sc
Caesars Palace	1	0.4	2	1.0	200	10000	h17, ds, sc, pv
MGM Grand	1	0.19	2	0.6	500	10000	s17, ds, Uses 6-dk discard tray
Planet Hollywood	1	0.53	2	0.7	25	3000	h17, nm, sc
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Key to Survey

Key to Rules	Survey Columns
nmo	No mid-game entry on request.
pv	Penetration varies by dealer.
notch	Penetration is set by notch.
3:2	BJs pay 3:2. This is also the default if no BJ payout is listed.
1spot	Players allowed to bet only one spot.
toke	Dealers keep their own tips ("tokes") instead of mandatory pooling of tips with other dealers.
s17	Dealer stands on soft seventeen.
shoe	Cards dealt from a shoe. Used only for single and double deck, which more commonly are dealt without a shoe.
sc	Card used to determine shuffle point on one or two decks.
rsa	Resplit aces.
pk	Dealer looks at the index of the hole card under a 10.
nms	Mid-game: no sitting out hands, and if you drop from two hands to one you cannot go back to two hands.
Key to Rules Column	-
nmm	No mid-game entry and no mid-game spreading to multiple hands.
nm	No mid-game entry.
min	Mid-entry restricted to table minimum.
ls	Late surrender.
(I)	The casino is owned by Indians who might hide behind their sovereignty. If you have a problem in an (I) casino, you will have no practical legal recourse.
h17	Dealer hits soft seventeen.
d11	Double down only on two-card eleven.
d10	Double down only on two-card ten or more.
d9	Double down only on two-card nine or more.
d8	Double down only on two-card eight or more, including soft totals.
ds	Double down after splitting.
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