A variation of regular 21, spanish 21 is played without the ten cards in the deck but with more liberal rules. For blackjack novices it should be stressed that taking the tens out of play is very disadvantageous to the player. Any serious blackjack player can tell you a deck rich in tens favors the player and a deck rich in small cards favors the dealer. To compensate for the loss of tens, spanish 21 offers the following rule enhancements over regular blackjack:

In spanish 21 the player may double on any number of cards.
Late surrender is allowed. In other words the player may pull out of a hand by forfeiting half his bet, but only if the dealer does not have a blackjack.
A spanish 21 player 21 always beats a dealer 21.
Late surrender is allowed on first two cards.
Double down rescue allows player to take back doubled portion of bet and forfeit the original wager.
A spanish 21 player may double after splits.
A spanish 21 player may resplit up to three times, including aces.
A spanish 21 player may draw and double down to split aces.
A five card 21 pays 3:2.
A six card 21 pays 2:1.
A seven or more card 21 pays 3:1.
A 21 consisting of a 6, 7, and 8 of mixed suits pays 3:2.
A 21 consisting of a 6, 7, and 8 of matching suit pays 2:1.
A 21 consisting of a 6, 7, and 8 of spades pays 3:1.
A 21 consisting of three 7's of mixed suits pays 3:2.
A 21 consisting of three 7's of matching suits 2:1.
A 21 consisting of three 7's of spades pays 3:1.

Three suited 7's in addition to the dealer having any 7 face up pays. $1000 for bets between $5 and $24, and pays $5000 for bets of $25 and over. In addition all other spanish 21 players get an "envy bonus" of $50.

Some of variations of spanish 21 you should note:
1. Dealer usually hits a soft 17.
2. All 21 bonus hands do not count if the result of doubling.
3. Six spanish decks are used (except in Atlantic City where eight decks are used).