Past the Blackjack Tables – What You'll Find in the Springbok Lobby!

The Table Games menu at Springbok Casino is where most okes head to launch blackjack in our browsers, and we get it... It is the one game where your own decisions change the outcome, and the rules are simple enough that every Bok who has ever played a couple of hands understands it. Blackjack shares virtual real estate with twelve other games – all under the same tab – with thirteen games in total. Some you may have never even opened!

Those twelve titles include Baccarat, three Caribbean poker tables, Tri Card Poker and five quick card games, which brings our online table games South Africa lineup to thirteen in total. Each one has its own rules panel, its own rand limits and its own house edge. The difference between the cheapest bet on that menu and the one that will cost you dearest is greater than most of us would guess – but we'll get into the facts and figures below.

We'll be sharing more about house edges and a few other figures that deserve a nod, and where a game has a side bet or a progressive, we'll share more there too! Two of our tables get the full side-by-side comparison later on… These are titles taken from the very same table games tab, but you’ll see just how wildly different they are! First, let's get to the blackjack tables at Springbok Casino that you already know and love.

Our Table Games Tab – What We Deal Beside the Blackjack Felt

Every single one of our blackjack games is built in HTML5 and opens in whatever browser you’re using on your device, which suits a laptop on a plane, a PC in your home office, and a phone on a prepaid bundle that’s on the move with you. Tap a tile in our Springbok Casino lobby and the table loads with the chip tray beside it, ready for a bet. Each table shows its own limits on screen and the rules are a click away. This means you have all the info you need before you part with a chip.

Thirteen titles make up our online table games South Africa lineup: three blackjack variants, Baccarat, Caribbean Stud Poker, Caribbean Draw Poker, Caribbean Hold'em, Tri Card Poker, Teen Patti, Andar Bahar, 32 Cards, Lucky 7 and Akbar Romeo Walter. You can find the rules panel for each within the game itself. Make it a quick turn there, especially since most payouts across these games don’t compare.

Now, as always, don’t feel intimidated by our online table games South Africa players reach here, because we offer a R1,000 practice balance safety net. Having said that, it is a once-off freebie, and unlike your Klipdrift, it doesn’t get a top up. We recommend you be slim, and spend the randelas on online casino table games South Africa actually intends to play. Learning Caribbean Draw on our money is a good deal cheaper than learning it on yours, after all! Right, next stop, blackjack town…

Start Where You Know – Our Three Blackjack Tables

Right, blackjack town, and the three tables that reside there… Blackjack, Suit 'Em Up Blackjack and Blackjack + Perfect Pairs all run off one rule set, so the fundamentals of what you learn on one apply to the next two. Kiff trick, nê! Blackjack pays 3 to 2, insurance pays 2 to 1, our dealer must hit soft 17, you can double on any two cards, and one card is dealt on split Aces. Those are the basics, mense, and if you have that down pat, it’s half the battle won.

Chip values at our Springbok Casino blackjack tables are R2, R10, R20, R100 and R200, with a table minimum of one rand and a ceiling of R500 a round. Play basic strategy and we retain roughly 0.65% of everything you stake on the standard game, which is the best value in our online table games South Africa lineup. To put it another way: R99.35 of every R100 you wager comes back to you over time. That's your bankroll stretching just about as far as it gets!

Where the three differ in our online table games South Africa menu is what you may put down beside your main bet. Standard Blackjack doesn’t have a side bet, so your bankroll is exposed to the hand alone. On the other two, there’s a side bet spot on the table… Engage it, and the outcome is determined by your opening two cards, irrespective of how the hand concludes. Land the right pair or the right suits and you’ll bag a massive payout!

The Side Bets on Suit 'Em Up & Perfect Pairs

Suit 'Em Up pays when your opening two cards share a suit, and Perfect Pairs pays when those two cards form a pair. Both are resolved the instant your initial two cards are dealt, so you may lose the hand and still be paid, or win the hand – and, well, end up with a win-win! So, why risk a wager at 3.41% when the hand beside it is priced at 0.65%? A single R2 chip on suited Aces returns R120 at 60 to 1, and no blackjack hand on two cards will ever pay you that!

• Suit 'Em Up: suited Aces 60 to 1, suited blackjack 10 to 1, a suited pair 5 to 1, a suited eleven 3 to 1, and any other suited cards 2 to 1.
• Perfect Pairs: a perfect pair 25 to 1, a coloured pair 12 to 1, and a mixed pair 6 to 1.
• You stake both with the same R2 to R200 chips you use on the main hand, and we pay both on your first two cards, no matter what our dealer draws afterwards.

Those two side bets are the dearest wagers in our online table games South Africa selection. On Suit 'Em Up we retain about 3.41% of every rand you stake and on Perfect Pairs roughly 6.11%, against the 0.65% we retain on the hand beside them. Stake R2 a hundred times on Perfect Pairs and we retain R12 of that R200, against R1.30 on the main hand. Keep the side chip at R2 and put your serious randelas on the hand itself, where your odds are best!

Baccarat – What Changes When the Dealer Plays Both Hands

At Baccarat you make one decision and then sit back, since we play the rest of the round to fixed rules. You back Player, Banker or Tie, and whether either side takes a third card is set out in a published drawing table. That makes it the simplest of our online table games South Africa. Tens and pictures count nothing; only the last digit of a total counts, and eight or nine on the deal wins. Two cards each is often the whole hand, so most rounds end on four cards.

A winning bet on Player is paid even money, while Banker is paid even money less 5% commission, rounded up to a quarter of our smallest chip. Paying us 5% to back the stronger side sounds unfair, nê? Look at the maths and you are on the better side after that 5%, since the Banker hand wins more often than Player does. Put R100 through the Banker box and we retain R1.06 of it, against R1.24 on Player – barely more than we keep at the blackjack tables next door!

The Tie is the least likely result there, paying 9 to 1 when both sides finish level on points. We retain 4.93% of what you stake, almost five times the 1.06% on Banker – so back the Tie for fun and never as your main bet! We deal our Springbok Casino Baccarat from six decks, with the same R1 to R500 range as our blackjack tables. How swiftly a hand concludes is where it differs, since neither side takes more than three cards, and you decide nothing after your bet.

Blackjack Against Baccarat – The Two Tables Side by Side

Blackjack and Baccarat come from the same online table games South Africa tab, and the two of them work in opposite ways. With blackjack you weigh up five decisions a hand, while Baccarat requires you make one call – and we take the round from there. Where does more of your money come back to you? We retain 0.65% at blackjack against 1.06% on the Banker box, which is 41 cents in every R100 for all that thinking, nê! Have a look at the two side by side.

There is one difference you will not find in those rows… In Baccarat, our percentage holds whatever you do, since choosing a betting position is your only act. Conversely, the blackjack figure is a floor you reach only by playing strategically correct. Guess your way through blackjack and you can end up worse off than a Bok who backs Banker and does no thinking. If basic strategy is not in your kop yet, the Banker box is the better bet for your bankroll!

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The Caribbean Trio – Poker Hands Against the Dealer

Three of the online table games South Africa players open here are our Caribbean poker tables, and all three work the same way. You get a hand, our dealer gets a hand, and yours has to rank higher for the ante to be paid. These are all single-deck games, with R100 caps, and your fate is decided on poker hand rankings. Beside each of them we've put a coin slot, and that little slot is the one difference between these three and everything else in the tab.

Feed it… and you're in for the progressive – the one jackpot in our online table games South Africa selection that we pay from three tables at once! Land the top hand and the full jackpot is yours. The next rung down pays you 10% of it, and the rungs below that pay R500, R100 and R75. One round at any of the three Springbok Casino tables is capped at R400,000 in total. R400,000 from a single hand of poker, nogal, and the ante behind it can be a solitary rand!

How the Dealer Qualifies at Caribbean Stud & Caribbean Draw

That coin is optional, by the way, and you can play the main game perfectly well without it. In Caribbean Stud Poker, we deal your five cards face up and show one of our dealer's. Fold and forfeit the ante, or raise and see whether our dealer qualifies on an Ace and a King or better. Across a session we retain 5.22% of what you stake at Caribbean Stud – the steepest of our three ante games and the price of seeing all five of your own cards face up.

With Caribbean Draw Poker, the one online table games South Africa where you swap cards, you may trade up to two of them after the deal. Our dealer qualifies on a pair of 8s or better, and we pay that raise from 100 to 1 down to 1 to 1 at Springbok Casino. You pay nothing beyond the raise you have already committed for that swap, so two weak cards need not end the hand. It is the only point in the Caribbean trio where you change your own cards.

That swap is worth two percentage points to you, since we retain 3.14% on every rand you ante at Draw against 5.22% at Stud. You get the same jackpot, R1 to R100 limits and qualifying idea as anywhere else across our online table games South Africa tab, and where you get the choice, you keep a good deal more of your loot. Do you see the blackjack pattern repeating itself? Where we hand the decision to you, we retain the least for it!

Caribbean Hold'em – The Coin Slot Before the Flop

Caribbean Hold'em is the cheapest of our three Caribbean tables, and the closest to televised poker. You post an ante, take two cards, and see three community cards on the flop before calling or folding. Our dealer qualifies on a pair of 4s or better; we compare your best five cards out of the seven on the table, and the ante ladder starts at 100 to 1 for a royal flush. If the trio is new to you, this is the one we'd open first at Springbok Casino.

Over a long session we retain 2.16% of every rand you ante here, which is under half of what we keep at Stud. Your call bet is paid 1 to 1 whatever you hold, so the ante ladder is the only place we pay extra for your hand rank. Limits stay at R1 to R100 a round. The progressive is determined on the flop, so your two cards plus the three on the table constitute your jackpot hand, and that makes it the cheapest jackpot ticket in this class!

Tri Card Poker – What the Pair+ Bet Adds to Your Ante

Now listen up, Bokke, because Tri Card Poker takes the widest range in our Springbok Casino lobby: one rand at the bottom and R1,000 at the top of a round. We give you and our dealer three cards, and our dealer needs a Queen or better before either hand is paid. Beat a dealer who qualifies and we pay your ante and your raise at 1 to 1 apiece, which keeps the sums lekker simple after the Caribbean payout tables. Raise or fold – that is all you decide here!

Here's the bet that changes this table, okes: Pair+ is paid on your own three cards… whatever our dealer turns over. A single rand on it returns R35 for a straight flush, R25 for three of a kind, R6 for a straight, R4 for a flush and R1 for a pair. There's an ante bonus as well, paying 3 to 1, 2 to 1 and 1 to 1 on the three best hands you can hold. You can lose the hand to our dealer and still be paid, and that is exactly what Pair+ is for!

What is the price of all that? We pay back 95.5% of everything you stake across both bets and retain 4.50%, which is R4.50 out of every R100 you put down at Tri Card Poker. That is dearer than blackjack or Caribbean Hold'em, and what you get for the difference is the ceiling. Where else across our online table games South Africa lineup can you gooi a thousand on three cards? Nowhere in our lobby, and that is the whole appeal of this table!

The Quick Card Games – Rounds Played on a Single Deal

Five of the online table games South Africa players open here need one deal and no more, so a round takes fewer taps than a hand of poker. Andar Bahar, Lucky 7, Teen Patti, 32 Cards and Akbar Romeo Walter each turn on one card or one small hand. You place a chip, one card decides it, and the round is finished and klaar. All these titles involve a standard deck and pay against a published payout table.

Returns across these online table games South Africa quick picks are lower than at our poker tables, but that’s the price of the speed, people. In Andar Bahar we retain 2 to 3 cents in the rand on the two main boxes, on Teen Patti 2.5 cents on the main bet, and with 32 Cards between 6 and 10 cents – depending on the number you back. On the Lucky 7 up and down bets we retain 3.84%, and on the seven itself, 7.69%. A R1 chip plays a full round at every one of them, so R100 covers a hundred rounds.

• Andar Bahar: R1 to R500 a round, with Andar paid 1 to 1, Bahar 0.9 to 1, and side bets on suit, colour and how many cards we deal before the round is decided.
• Lucky 7: R1 to R500 across eight decks, with 7 Up and 7 Down paid 1 to 1 and the seven itself paid 11 to 1.
• Teen Patti: R1 to R400, two hands paid 0.95 to 1, plus a Pair Plus side bet and a 3+3 Bonus paying up to 1000 to 1.
• 32 Cards: R1 to R500 on a 32-card deck, paying 11 to 1 on Player 8 down to 1 to 1 on Player 11.
• Akbar Romeo Walter: R1 to R500, with low cards paid 1.12 to 1, middle cards 2.15 to 1 and high cards 3.15 to 1.

Take Akbar Romeo Walter, where you can work out how often each box wins from the three payouts alone, before you back one. Low cards come up most often and pay least, while the high ones are scarcest and pay most. Which box would you take? We retain 2.16% on the low one against 4.24% on the high one, which makes the low box the best value at Springbok Casino in the whole online table games South Africa tab. It’s still entirely your call, mense!

Table Games & Our Bonus Rules – Where the Cashback Fits

Now, let's talk about bonuses, Bokke, and here we have to be straight with you. Our wagering on the R250 no deposit coupon and on every deposit bonus is cleared at Slots, Keno, Bingo, Scratch Cards and 7 Stud Poker, and the thirteen tables in this article count for none of it. Play a bonus balance at blackjack before that wagering is done and you can lose the bonus and your winnings with it. Keep your table rounds for the deposits you make without a coupon!

What does a table player get at bonus time, then? You claim our 25% Cashback through our support team on a deposit you played through without a bonus, with your balance between R0 and R10 when you ask. Deposit R400, play it out and get nothing back from the cards, and we pay you R100 of it, up to a ceiling of R3,000 on R12,000 of deposits. You can claim 90 days back and across several deposits, so nothing from the past three months is out of reach.

The published playthrough on that cashback is 10x at Slots, Keno, Bingo and Scratch Cards and it can vary elsewhere, so ask our support team which figure applies to the table you have been playing. You also earn comp points on all of it, one for every R10 you wager across our online table games South Africa tab, and 100 of those points convert to R1 in your balance. Wager R1,000 at Tri Card Poker and that is R1 back, whatever the hands pay you!

Quick FAQs on Online Table Games at Springbok Casino

Right, here are the questions we'd be asking in your shoes about our online table games South Africa tables, all answered in rand. You'll find the smallest bet, the table where we retain the least, whether your rounds count towards a bonus, which three games we pay that progressive from, and which of them you can try before a deposit. Anything left unanswered, our Springbok Casino support team will cover, Bokke!

Q: Which table games can I play besides blackjack at Springbok Casino?

A: Ten more, on top of our three blackjack tables. The rest of the online table games South Africa players reach here are Baccarat, Caribbean Stud Poker, Caribbean Draw Poker, Caribbean Hold'em, Tri Card Poker, Teen Patti, Andar Bahar, 32 Cards, Lucky 7 and Akbar Romeo Walter. You open every one of them from the same Table Games tab, in the same browser, on the same rand balance.

Q: What is the smallest bet I can place on a table game?

A: One rand, at every table we deal. Chip values at the blackjack and Baccarat tables start at R2, and the minimum across the online table games South Africa players open in our lobby is one rand, so you can play a careful session at Springbok Casino for very little. One rand covers a full round at Tri Card Poker, Andar Bahar or Lucky 7. Ceilings vary from R100 to R1,000.

Q: Which table game has the lowest house edge at Springbok Casino?

A: Standard blackjack, the cheapest bet in our online table games South Africa lineup, at 0.65% with basic strategy. The Banker bet at Baccarat comes next at 1.06%, then Caribbean Hold'em at 2.16%. Perfect Pairs at 6.11% is the dearest wager in our lobby, and it's entirely optional. Each of those figures comes off the rules panel we publish with the game itself.

Q: Are the table games played in rand?

A: Yes, from the first chip to the payout. Springbok Casino operates on a .co.za domain serving South African players, so every limit, payout and jackpot rung across our online table games South Africa lineup is a rand figure. Deposits, withdrawals and every chip on the table are handled in rand from start to finish. Nothing converts along the way, in either direction.

Q: Do my table game rounds count towards bonus wagering?

A: Generally not. Our Springbok Casino bonus wagering is cleared on Slots, Keno, Bingo, Scratch Cards and 7 Stud Poker, and the online table games South Africa players open here fall outside that list. Check the terms shown with any offer first, or ask our support team to confirm what counts. You can still claim our 25% Cashback on a deposit you play through without a bonus.

Q: Can I try a table game before I deposit?

A: You can, on the R1,000 practice balance we load at every one of the online table games South Africa players reach in our Springbok Casino lobby. It's a once-off allocation, not a renewing one, so when it's spent, it's spent – finish and klaar. You need no deposit and no coupon code to open any of those tables in practice mode. Spend it on the tables you intend to play for real.

Q: Which games pay from the same progressive jackpot?

A: Three of the online table games South Africa players open here, namely Caribbean Stud Poker, Caribbean Draw Poker and Caribbean Hold'em, through the coin slot beside each table at Springbok Casino. A royal flush pays the whole jackpot, a straight flush 10% of it, and four of a kind, a full house and a flush pay R500, R100 and R75. You must feed the coin slot on the round you want it to count for.

Open the Table Games Tab & Play in Rand at Springbok Casino!

There you have it, Bokke. Thirteen games across our online table games South Africa tab, every bet quoted in rand and every payout published before you stake a cent of your own. The bet that keeps most of your stake in play is in blackjack, while you buy a jackpot ticket at the Caribbean tables and put the most on three cards at Tri Card Poker. The five quick titles are decided on one card apiece, with each figure above in black and white.

Go on then, Mzansi! Open the online table games South Africa tab in our Springbok Casino lobby, spend that R1,000 practice balance on the two tables you liked the look of, then put a real R2 chip on whichever one you enjoyed most. Our support team will answer anything you still want to know. Since we operate 24/7, 365, our blackjack tables and all other online casino table games South Africa want to play will be here whenever you’re ready for some fun!

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