What is Soft 17 in Online Blackjack?
These days, there are some land-based casinos out there that will let the dealer to hit on a soft 17. This means that the the house now has an additional two tenths of a percent to their edge. Now, some online casinos have adopted this measure and some players are not happy about it. When all of the players at the table have completed the play of their hands, the dealer must them finish his own hand. First, the dealer must exposes his down card, so everyone at the table can see both of the dealer’s cards. Second, the dealer will then draw or hit additional cards until his hand totals 17 or better. On some online casinos and blackjack tables, the dealer will also as for more cards if he has a “soft 17″ which means a blackjack hand that has an ace, with a total value of 7 or 17.
In this situation, the dealer has no decisions to make. The rules of blackjack will determine what the dealer must do. He can’t split, double down, surrender, or take insurance against other players at the table. The additional choices made by the players, and the payoff of 150% for players who get blackjack, are the factors that almost even out the winning odds for the player.
Some players believe that a dealer’s chance for hitting on a soft 17 is unfair since it can give it a second chance at becoming a strong blackjack hand. When the deck is running thick with low cards, the dealer is in a perfect position to hit that soft 17 and potentially make a stronger hand. A blackjack dealer hitting a soft 17 is a rather new rule that some online casinos have decided to adopt which some players believe is made up to give the house a higher edge and players a lower winning possibility.


