I am answering each of your questions here and if you can figure out the
payout compared to standard 6 deck Vegas blackjack, I would greatly
appreciate it!
1) There are 4 decks in the shoe
2) You can still win/lose your original bet with the side games
3) The straight flush is of 3 cards not 5.
4) You can win the bonus on 3 of a kind even if other cards come up. You
can split a pair of 6s and if you get another 6 on either of the split
hands, you still win 3:1.
FF
"Meeexs" <meeexs@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> "Reno Master" <RenoMaster2003@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> I am also skeptical about doubling down a soft 21 vs. a 6 (without
> card-counting, of course) The EV for any 11 vs. 6 double is around
> +.67 units (varies slightly with number of decks etc.) Your EV for
> standing would be much closer to +1, since you only subtract the small
> chance of the dealer tying you.
>
> As for the overal EV of the game, do you know how many decks there are
> and whether the dealer hits soft 17? Here are some figures (from
> wizard of odds) about some of the rule variations you mentioned (these
> apply to 8D game).
>
> European No-Hole: -.11%
> Early Surrender: +.63%
> Natural is just like 21: yikes! something like -2.5% (losing an extra
> half unit roughly 5 percent of the time)
>
> The additional rules don't overcome the no Blackjack rule, so the game
> is overall worse than regular BJ. To figure them out exactly you need
> a little more info, such as:
>
> -Are they like side bets- do you still play out the hand and win or
> lose your original wager?
> -If you get 3 of a kind and then hit again, do you still get the
> bonus?
> -Does a straight flush require 5 cards?
>
> However, roughly speaking, the chances of getting 3 of a kind on the
> first 3 cards are anywhere from 1 in 180 (with 8 decks) to 1 in 400
> (with 1 deck). I'm guessing this will add between .5% and 1.2% to the
> EV of the game, depending on number of decks. (I'm using very rough
> estimates. I'm not adding a full 3 units per 180 (to 400) hands played
> because there are a number of starting hands where you won't get a 3rd
> card, such as pairs of 10-value cards)
>
> If it is indeed a 5-card straight flush, then that adds practically
> nothing to the EV of the game, because the chances are 1 in many
> thousands of getting it.
>
> -M
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