Insurance and Surrender Rules

  1. Insurance - This rule allows an insurance bet against a dealer face up Ace.
  2. Insure Blackjack only - Some casinos allow insurance bets only when the player has a Blackjack.
  3. Insurance for full amount - This Blackjack rule allows an insurance bet equal to the value of the original bet.
  4. Insure against Ten - Betting the dealer has a Ten in the hole.
  5. Late Surrender – Here a player can surrender or throw in for half of the bet after the dealer has checked for Blackjack.
  6. Early Surrender - This rule is exercised very infrequently. Iy allows Surrender of a hand before the dealer checks for Blackjack.
  7. Early Surrender vs. 10 – This rule allows Surrender if the dealer has a Blackjack with a 10-up. It is available only with a no dealer hole card.
  8. Surrender any number of cards – Here the player can surrender a hand after any number of draws.
  9. Surrender after Double – This is a fairly new rule and allows Surrender even after you have doubled down.
  10. Insure then Surrender allowed - In some situations, you may want to insure a hand and then Surrender the same hand.
  11. Surrender after Split - This rule allows Surrender even after splitting hands. You can still play the second hand.