Casinos have tinkered with the basic format of blackjack on a number of occasions, but these changes have never been as successful as the introduction of early payout. Early payout was introduced by the geniuses behind Dublin Bet casino and can now be found at many casinos, but they realized that live casino games could service more than one player per seat. At first, this sounds like some kind of scheme to squeeze every penny possible out of their blackjack tables, but they managed to put the players’ interests first. Like the name suggests, live blackjack with early payout gives you a chance to get paid without seeing your hand to completion. Here is how it works.

Live Casinos	USA Friendly?	Bonus	Play now
	No	100 EUR	Play Now
	Yes	$800	Play Now

The game starts like normal with the dealers giving two cards to each seat, and then two to themselves. The difference, though, is that each seat can host multiple players. To account for the fact that not everyone will agree with how to play any given hand, the casino takes the reigns. Each hand is automatically played according to basic, optimum, blackjack strategy. Everything is out of your control: hitting, standing, splitting, doubling down, everything. Now, since these decisions are based on optimum strategy, there is never really a reason to disagree with them. But if you have a gut instinct or, for whatever reason, you disagree with the call, you can decide to accept the early payout and get out of the hand.

The size of your early payout depends on a lot of things. For example, how much money have you already wagered on your hand? What cards do you have and what is the dealer’s card that you can see? If the hand is too close to call, or if you have a clear disadvantage, the early payout will be smaller than your original wager. The casino expects to win, so there is no way that they are going to take a loss by paying you to take the easy out. But if you are in a strong position, the early payout can actually be worth more than your starting bet. The decision is always up to you and you will have to weigh the risk vs. reward for each situation.

Is Early Payout Blackjack a Good Thing?

Some players believe that early payout takes the fun out of live online blackjack since they no longer have to make the basic decisions of the game. So does early payout ruin blackjack? Maybe, but then you could say that using optimum strategy in general takes the guesswork out of things. In reality, early payout blackjack is probably good for everyone involved. It works out for casinos because they can take care of lots of players at a single table, all at the same time. Early payout takes care of the biggest logistical problem facing casinos that offer live blackjack, which is the fact that they are basically opening a real casino to an infinite number of players. Taking care of everyone can quickly become unmanageable.

At the same time, early payout blackjack should be great for players. Since the house is ensuring that your hand is played according to perfect blackjack strategy, the house edge is totally minimized without any effort on your part. Also, if things are not quite going your way, you at least have the option of taking an easy out without losing everything.