Wager Mage
Wager Mage
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As a general guideline, side bets in blackjack have high house edges and should be avoided. But if you insist on trying your luck, at least stick to the side bets that have the lowest house edge. Better yet, learn a counting system that is specific to the side bet and that can give you an edge.
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Read More »In an effort to encourage more players to play blackjack, and also to improve their margins, many land-based and online casinos have added side bets on their blackjack tables. The innocent-looking side bets usually require a rather small wager (typically only a dollar), and they generally have payoffs that are greater than the customary even-money blackjack payoffs. In this Chapter, I’ll explain some of these side bets and answer the question, “Are they worth a wager?”
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Read More »OVER/UNDER 13 A player can wager on whether the sum of his first two cards will be over, or under, 13. A total of 13 always loses and the ace counts as 1. The house edge for the Over 13 wager is 6.5 percent, and for the Under 13, it’s 10 percent. (Yikes!) The side bet is usually offered on six- and eight- deck games. Several pros (e.g., Arnold Snyder and Stanford Wong) have published a counting system for this side bet. You can get the details and performance of these card counting systems from Eliot Jacobson. SUPER SEVENS The player hopes for lots of 7s - the more the merrier. If his first card is a 7, it pays 3 to 1. If his first two cards are 7s, the payoff depends on whether they are suited (100 to 1) or unsuited (50 to 1). Draw a third 7 and now it really gets interesting. If his first three cards are unsuited 7s, the payoff is 500 to 1, and if suited, he receives the top payoff of 5,000 to 1. In some casinos, when the dealer has a blackjack and a player has two 7s, the casino won’t deal a third card to the player and the house edge on this side bet is 12.6 percent. However, some casinos will give the player a third card in this situation and the house edge drops to 11.4 percent. The good news is there is a card counting system that can beat this side bet. (Details in The Big Book of Blackjack.) The bad news is that the maximum amount that you are allowed to wager on this side bet is $1, so your gain is 25 cents per hour (or less). LUCKY LADIES At the Lucky Ladies side bet players are betting that their first two cards total 20, ideally with two queens. The top payoff is 1,000 to 1 if you get two queens of hearts and the dealer has a blackjack. If you get “only” two queens of hearts, it pays 200 to 1; a matched 20 (same rank and suit) pays 25 to 1; a suited 20 pays 10 to 1; and any unsuited 20 pays 4 to 1. The house edge is 17 percent; however, you can use the Hi-Lo count and get the edge on this side bet when the true count is 6.5 or higher (details in the report by KC Brooks in www.bjinsider.com, issue #147).
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Read More »PAIR SQUARE A player wins this side bet if his first two cards are the same rank (like a pair of 6s). An unmatched pair (like 6 of clubs and 6 of spades) pays 10 to 1. A matched pair (like a pair of sixes of clubs) pays 15 to 1. The house edge is 10.6 percent; however, depending on the pay table, there is a card counting system that will give you the edge. (Details consult www.apheat.com) Every year, I dispatch gambling expert John Grochowski to the Global Gaming Expo in Las Vegas to check out the latest blackjack side bets being touted by inventors and casinos, and he writes a report about them in my Blackjack Insider newsletter. If you search for G2E in our archived newsletter, you’ll find a lot of information on new blackjack side bets. Likewise, Eliot Jacobson often analyzes new side bets and posts on his site (www.apheat.net) whether they can be beaten; similarly.
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