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A live dealer game by Gold Tier Games
Gold Tier Games' standard live blackjack for US-facing casinos: six decks, dealer hits soft 17, and early surrender offered except against an Ace.
- ✓ Blackjack pays 3:2
- • 6 decks
- • 7 seats
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Stated RTP
99.4%
The provider's published figure, optimal play
Bet limits
$5 to $500
Seats
7 seats
Should you play it?
Gold Tier's blackjack is the workhorse table at Ignition, Bovada and their siblings. The early surrender rule is unusually generous; the H17 dealer takes some of it back. A fair deal for offshore players who learn the surrender spots.
Play it if
- You play at the Bovada family of casinos where these tables live
- You want early surrender, one of the friendliest rules in blackjack
- You want plentiful open seats at spread limits
Skip it if
- You never surrender; the table's best rule would go unused
- You can reach an S17 table with comparable rules
- You want published studio details and provider transparency; this studio is opaque
Variance profile
LowMediumHigh
Low. Standard even-money blackjack; surrendering the worst hands for half a bet smooths results slightly.
Where to play Blackjack
Showing casinos that carry Gold Tier Games live tables and accept players in your region.
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The house game of the Bovada family
Gold Tier Games supplies live tables to the US-facing casinos around Ignition and Bovada, and this is its standard blackjack: a seven-seat, six-deck game running around the clock with dozens of parallel tables at peak hours.
An unusual rule mix
The headline is early surrender: you may fold for half your bet before the dealer checks for blackjack, except when the dealer shows an Ace. Early surrender is rare and genuinely valuable. Against that, the dealer hits soft 17, and the usual American frame applies: double on any two cards and after splits, one split per hand, 3:2 blackjack.
Use the surrender, mind the exception
Because the surrender excludes Ace-up hands, standard early surrender tables do not quite describe this game, and neither does our engine, which is why no chart appears here. The broad guidance: surrender hard 14 to 16 against a ten, keep everything playable, and never surrender against small cards. Learn the exact spots and this is one of the better offshore tables available.
Game facts
ProviderGold Tier Games
Dealer languageEnglish
Bet limits$5 to $500
Seats7 seats
Side betsPerfect Pairs, Rummy (21+3)
How Blackjack compares
Where this table sits across all 37 live blackjack games we track.
24thof 33
Stated RTP. 99.4% ranks 24th of the 33 live blackjack games we track, behind ONE Blackjack (99.59%).
$515th lowest
Minimum bet. 14 tracked games seat cheaper; the floor across the CPT is $1.
Full game specifications
🃏 Basic game rules
- Number of decks
- 6 decks
- Cards removed
- None
- Dealer rules
- Hits on Soft 17
- Blackjack payout
- 3:2
- Winning hand payout
- 1:1
- Push rules
- Push on Tie
✋ Player actions
- Double down
- Any 2 initial cards. Double after split is allowed.
- Splitting
- Split once per hand. One card on Split Aces.
- Other actions
- Early Surrender offered (except against a dealer Ace). Bet Behind.
- Hitting restrictions
- None
- Insurance offered
- Yes
- Insurance payout
- 2:1
⏳ Game flow and timing
- Decision time limit
- Standard (Timer displayed)
- Auto-decision feature
- Yes (Stands)
- Dealer blackjack check
- On Ace.
- Dealer peeks
- On Ace
- Player capacity
- 7 seats, Bet Behind
- Game pace
- Standard
💰 Betting and payouts
- Minimum bet
- $5
- Maximum bet
- $500
- Theoretical RTP
- 99.40%
- Side bets
- Perfect Pairs, Rummy (21+3)
- Side bet payouts
- Perfect Pairs (25:1, 12:1, 6:1) , Rummy (100:1, 40:1, 30:1, 10:1, 5:1)
- Side bet RTP
- Perfect Pairs ~95.90%, Rummy ~96.30%
- Special payouts
- None
- Mandatory fees
- None
⚡ Special features
- Bonus mechanics
- None
- Betting on scores
- No
- Number of seats
- 7 seats
Blackjack FAQ
What is early surrender?
Folding for half your bet before the dealer checks for blackjack. It is more valuable than the common late surrender because it saves you even when the dealer turns out to have blackjack, though this table excludes it against an Ace.
Which casinos carry Gold Tier Games tables?
The US-facing Bovada family, including Ignition and Super Slots, where Gold Tier runs alongside other live studios.
Does the dealer hit soft 17?
Yes, which costs players roughly 0.2% versus stand-on-17 tables. The early surrender rule claws a good part of that back if used correctly.
Why is there no strategy chart here?
The surrender rule is early-but-not-against-Ace, a shape our engine does not model. We would rather show nothing than a chart wrong in the surrender rows.
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