Blackjack rule guide

European no-hole-card blackjack

The dealer waits to draw a second card, so dealer blackjack may be discovered after players double or split.

Bottom line: The site’s 4–8 deck strategy chart is scoped to dealer-peek rules and is not an exact ENHC chart.

The crucial settlement rule

Under the traditional all-bets-lost treatment, a dealer blackjack can collect the original wager plus additional double and split wagers. Under original-bets-only treatment, the extra wagers are returned. Those are economically different games.

Supported benchmark

The calculator’s six-deck S17 ENHC profile assumes all split and double wagers lose to dealer blackjack. With DAS, no surrender, and the shared split assumptions, the cut-card house edge is 0.53727%.

Table check

  • Ask whether only the original wager loses
  • Use a no-hole-card strategy source
  • Be cautious doubling or splitting against a dealer ace or ten
  • Do not equate ENHC with U.S. dealer peek
Method note

House-edge values reproduce the Wizard of Odds “basic strategy with cut card” model for the stated complete profile. Last reviewed September 20, 2026.