Side Bet Blackjack Payout
For those who don’t limit the side bets to a buck, just multiply by your bets. Make the side bets equal to your $10 blackjack bets, and average losses shoot up to about $20 an hour in 21 + 3, $40 in Royal Match, and $148 in Lucky Ladies. It’s your choice. Me I stick to blackjack.
- As for side bets, the payouts go from 9:1 on the 21+3 side bet all the way up to 5,000:1 on the Triple 7s bet when you get three suited 7s. When compared with the prizes that the Ante can earn you, the side bets seem quite tempting.
- What are the payouts in blackjack. The payouts are generally found at regular rates in every casino with a few variations. The standard payout plans include: When the player gets a blackjack and beats the dealer’s card the ratio of the payout is 3:2. For example, if you bet $10 your payout would be $15.
House Money BJ Side Bet @ Pala Casino
Hooray, another game that I did the math for hits the floor! House Money is a blackjack side bet created by Roger Snow of ShuffleMaster. It’s unique because it allows the player to cap his main blackjack bet with his side bet winnings. The side bet pays when your first two cards make a pair, straight, or straight flush. So, if you’re dealt a suited A-K, the side bet pays 9:1. You always have the option of taking the proceeds (10 units in this case), and adding it to your main blackjack bet. In this case, your BJ nets you a profit of (3:2)(10) + 9 = 24 units on the side bet. (If this reads too much like a paid advertisement, skip to the section on counting for this bet.)
For a 6-deck shoe game with good rules, and the correct capping strategy, the house edge for this side bet is only 2.6%. The basic strategy of when to cap your main bet with your side bet proceeds is presented below.
The game is currently available at my nearby Pala Casino, the Siena in Reno, and the Drift On Inn in WA.
Rules
The rules for the House Money side bet are as follows:
Are Blackjack Side Bets Worth It
- The player makes the optional side bet wager before the hand is dealt.
- The side bet pays for the initial 2-card player hands according to the paytable below.
- The player has the late (after dealer peeks for BJ) option of capping his main blackjack bet with an amount up to the entire side bet proceeds.
- The player completes the main hand following normal blackjack rules.
| Hand | Payout |
|---|---|
| AK suited | 9-to-1 |
| Straight Flush | 4-to-1 |
| Pair | 3-to-1 |
| Straight | 1-to-1 |
| Nothing | lose |
Basic Strategy
The table below tells you when you should cap your main bet with the winning proceeds of your side bet. “Y” means to cap the bet with the proceeds, because the EV of the hand (after the dealer peeks for BJ) is positive. “N” means not to cap the bet, but just to collect your winnings, because the post-peek EV of the hand is negative. After the capping decision, play your hand according to blackjack basic strategy.
Blackjack Payout Chart
| Hand | Dealer Upcard | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | A | |
| Straights and Straight Flushes | ||||||||||
| AK | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| KQ, QJ, JT | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| T9 | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| 98, 87, 76 | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| 65 | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| 54 | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | N | N |
| 43 | N | N | N | Y | Y | N | N | N | N | N |
| 32 | N | N | N | N | Y | N | N | N | N | N |
| A2 | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | N | N |
| Pairs | ||||||||||
| A-A | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| 10-10 | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| 9-9 | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | N | N |
| 8-8 | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | N | N | N |
| 7-7 | N | N | Y | Y | Y | N | N | N | N | N |
| 6-6 | N | N | Y | Y | Y | N | N | N | N | N |
| 5-5 | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| 4-4 | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | N | N | N |
| 3-3 | N | N | Y | Y | Y | N | N | N | N | N |
| 2-2 | N | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | N | N | N |
Countability
Side Bet Blackjack Payout Winning
This side bet is only slightly countable, using the counting coefficients (2 => +1, 3 => +1, 4 => +1, 5 => 0, 6 => 1, 7 => 1, 8 => 1, 9 => 1, T => -1, J => -1, Q => -1, K => -2, A => -2) and a true count threshold of 3.1. From a 6-deck shoe with 1 deck behind cut card, you’ll have +EV betting opportunities about 13.4% of the time, with an average edge of +3.4%/bet. So betting $25 when the count is good will yield a profit rate (13.4%)($25)(+3.4%) = $0.11/hand. At 100 hands per hour, this yields $11/hr, which isn’t worth anyone’s time or effort.