- Appendices
- 1: Total dependent expected return table for an infinite deck
- 2a: Probabilities of dealer blackjack after peek
- 2b: Probabilities of dealer blackjack before peek
- 3a: Exceptions to single-deck S17 basic strategy
- 3b: Exceptions to double-deck S17 basic strategy
- 3c: Exceptions to single-deck H17 basic strategy
- 4: Blackjack standard deviation details
- 5: Infinite deck expected return by player hand and dealer upcard
- 6: Fine points of when to surrender
- 7: Effect of card removal
- 8: Analysis of blackjack side bets
- 9: Composition-dependent expected returns for 1 to 8 decks
- 10: Continuous shuffling machine vs. cut card
- 11: Value and strategy for 678 and 777 bonuses
- 12: Risk of ruin statistics
- 13: Probabilities in the first four cards
- 14: Value of each initial player card
- 15: House edge using total-dependent vs. composition-dependent basic strategy
- 16: Basic strategy when dealer exposes both cards
- 17: The Ace-Five card counting method
- 18: Basic strategy exceptions for three to six cards
- 19: Blackjack splitting strategy when a back-player is betting
- 20: Blackjack doubling strategy when doubling after splitting aces is allowed
- 21: Details on the Wizard\’s Simple Strategy
- Miscellaneous
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Bonanza Blackjack
Introduction
Bonanza Blackjack is a side bet found on a fully-electronic 6-deck game at the Boulder Station in Las Vegas. If the player has any 20 (including a soft 20) and the dealer has a 10-point card, then the player will win something. This is a $1 side bet, no more and no less.
Rules and Analysis
Bonanza BlackjackExpand
Player's hand | Dealer's hand | Permutations | Probability | Pays | Return |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Same rank and suit | First two cards match | 5760 | 0.00000062 | 25000 | 0.015493 |
Same rank and suit | Up card matches | 587520 | 0.00006321 | 2500 | 0.158026 |
Same rank and suit | Up card any 10 | 13348800 | 0.00143617 | 100 | 0.143617 |
Same rank | Up card any 10 | 50191488 | 0.00540001 | 30 | 0.162 |
Same suit | Up card any 10 | 50191488 | 0.00540001 | 20 | 0.108 |
Different rank and suit (including soft 20) | Up card any 10 | 184747392 | 0.01987665 | 10 | 0.198766 |
Loser | 8995622832 | 0.96782332 | -1 | -0.967823 | |
Total | 9294695280 | 1 | -0.18192 |
The lower right cell shows a house edge of 18.19%.
Written by: Michael Shackleford