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if the dealer’s upcard is an ace or ten value card,she peeks at her downcard to see if she  has a natural.If she  does, the hand is terminated  and everyone loses  automatically ,except those players who also have naturals.Remember, when the dealer and a player both have naturals, it is considered  a push and no money changes  hands.

Since a dealer’s  natural is settled at the beginning of a round, the players never have an opportunity to increase their bets by doubling or splitting .Consequently, any player who doesn’t also have a natural only loses his initial wager.

Advantage knowledge of the dealer’s  downcard is of great benefit to a player, so when the dealer peeks, there is always the danger of cheating.A dishonest dealer may  signal the value of the hole card to a  confederate at the table,or a player may get a glimpse of it.To prevent  these things from happening ,some casinos have changed the peeking rules.Sometimes the dealer may only peek if the upcard  is an ace, and sometimes she isn’t supposed to peek at all.

When the dealer doesn’t peek or only peeks under aces,a dealer’s natural may not be apparent until everyone has finished  playing out his hand.What about those  players who increased their bets by doubling and splitting?In the United Statess, the extra  bets are ignored and the players only lose their initial wagers.

In some parts of the world, mainly in Europe, the dealer’s hole card is not even dealt out until all the players have acted on their hands.In this case ,all players bets made  as a result of doubling and splitting are lost to a dealer’s natural.This is referred  to as the European no-hole card rule.In the United States , you mat occasionally run into  a greedy casino that applies the no-hole-card  rule, but this has never occurred in Nevada or New Jersey , not  yet ,anyway.