And of course variance would be really large.) Simply removing 11 pip cards gives a tiny player advantage with 6 decks, although IDK about exact correlation and I gave Aces a -4 to balance it. (I'm estimating, maybe it'd need 3 or 4, but I doubt it. Using the tags -4 (ace) -1 (Ten/Face) +1 (2-9) you'd probably only need a TC around 2 to have a small player edge. As soon as the aces available are two more than the number of quarter decks played, you would start betting the side bet.įor example, say there are 16 quarter decks left with 18 aces to be played. So you would start with a count of 1 (24/24).

You could do a count of aces available to quarter decks. In a six deck shoe, the odds become favourable when the ratio of cards remaining / Aces < 12.31. To make this more favorable I would do a count of Aces as the shoe is played. No commercial casino in the world is legally allowed to offer a game where they keep half the money. Whatever you do can't be dumber than that. I figure that millions of people play the lottery where the state government keeps half the money. I watched a woman hit three royal matches in one evening. In the side bet all the money comes back in one lump sum. Many people end up playing on a slot machines that retain 13% of the money. As long as you know what you are doing then it's OK. It should be noted that the game mentioned above with five different payouts has a house edge of 6.2% (less than half of the 400:1 game).īut some people just get such a thrill out of side bets.

A table may make more on side bets then on the main game. Since the true odds are 461.4 : 1 that gives the casino a healthy 13.2% house edge (much larger than the less than 1% house edge it has against excellent blackjack play.

In the side-bet he mentions the payout (on a 6 deck game was:Īs stated earlier if the only payout is only for a blackjack tie then the casino can easily afford to give 400:1 for this outcome. The wizard analyzed this side bet called blackjack high tie.

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