I sum up the times when the side bet is +EV, and find the average +EV bet and +EV frequency. Then I simulate millions of hands, calculating the ideal EV of the side bet at the beginning of each hand. Lucky Lucky Side Bet(Double Deck) HandĪs usual, I program a function that tells me the EV for any given shoe composition. The game is also countable for the 6 deck shoe game, but it’s only 60% as profitable. The most countable version of this side bet is for the double-deck version with the paytable below. On these three cards, you get paid for various ways to make 21, and for any 20 and 19 total. The Lucky Lucky blackjack side bet is played with your first two dealt cards, and the dealer upcard. (But, if Barona had this side bet, I’d have already looked at it.)
And we’ll remember, “It’s not a sucker bet if the count is good.”Īgain, Eliot Jacobson pointed this one out to me. I think after this one, designers will know to check their games for vulnerabilities, especially when there’s oversized items in the paytable. Well, here’s another massively countable side bet that some people might be interested in (advantage players, casino floor supervisors, and the game publisher), but that I’ll never play.
