{"id":8890,"date":"2018-02-08T08:42:53","date_gmt":"2018-02-08T08:42:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.casinosonline.com\/?p=8890\/"},"modified":"2022-10-11T11:27:09","modified_gmt":"2022-10-11T11:27:09","slug":"what-is-the-point-of-an-insurance-bet-on-blackjack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casinosonline.com\/articles\/what-is-the-point-of-an-insurance-bet-on-blackjack\/","title":{"rendered":"What is the Point of an Insurance Bet on Blackjack?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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When playing most Blackjack games, if after the Dealers has dealt out the first round of cards to his and all other players hands, he is showing for example an Ace card, then he will offer all players the option of taking something known as an Insurance side bet wager.<\/p>\n
Basically, that side bet wager allows you to place a side bet worth half of the amount you currently have wagered on your own hand, and that side bet is going to be a winning one if it turns out that the Dealer is holding a Blackjack hand, that being a 10 card alongside his Ace card.<\/p>\n
If he does and you have placed that side bet Insurance wager you are paid out at odds of 2 to 1, if he doesn\u2019t end up having a Blackjack hand then you lose your Insurance bet.<\/p>\n
Sadly though, the side bet wager<\/a> serves just one main purpose and one purpose only, and that is to increase the house edge of the game you are playing, for the house edge on the Insurance bet is so very high that you should never, ever place it! If you do it will just eat away at your bankroll over time!<\/p>\n There are so many possible hand combinations that you can be dealt out when playing Blackjack games, if you have not fully mastered the art of playing the variant you have chosen to play perfectly, then you could end up making lots of different playing errors.<\/p>\n Each time you do make any type of playing error when playing Blackjack<\/a> you are going to be increasing the house edge of that game and will therefore end up losing much quicker than you normally would!<\/p>\nLearn How to Master Playing Blackjack<\/h2>\n