Only, there are three different side trackings/counts, one for the 6s, 7s, and 8s along with their suits. You need two players to play the system, one counting the regular blackjack game and one tracking for the side bet. You have to track denominations and the suits and what a particular card is worth depends on what other cards are present. It is not a counting system the way you think of a +- with indices system like HiLo. It is less powerful if the deck is poor in 10s. The A is more powerful if the deck is rich in 10s. The 6 and 8 are more powerful if the deck is rich in 7s, if the deck is poor in 7s the 6 and 8 are less powerful.

Also, how powerful a card is depends sometimes on what other cards are remaining. The 7 is the most powerful card in the game, obviously. This will tell you what the most powerful cards are and what the least powerful cards are. This gives you the basis for determining EOR for every denomination. Then calculate the odds of each possible dealer upcard to each of those hands. Then, using 6 decks, calculate the odds of receiving each of those two card hands. Take excel and set up every possible two card hand for the player and every possible upcard for the dealer in a spreadsheet. You can easily prove to yourself why this is. A 3 card 20 or 21 is more difficult to make with a high count. Or is this side bet really just based on luck?Ĭlick to expand.No, you are not missing anything, this is a common fallacy for this side bet, a higher count does NOT help this bet. I have done some research but haven't got many results on the forum and search engines, but I am very curious to know at what count this could make some extra $$ and just any insight on this at all would be greatly appreciated. could this little side bet be beatable? I use Hi-Lo, at what count, if any, could I have an edge on this game? Any information on this side bet would be great! Of course, I didn't bet, but it got me thinking. Just a few days ago I hit a suited 777 and was the talk of the house. Others consistently lose hopeful of getting even the lowest payout. I see a lot of sheep players betting 'Lucky Lucky', and for some I realize that they are winning more at their side bet than their regular BJ bet. Has any research been done on the 'Lucky Lucky' side bet in BJ? For those that have never heard of it, it is a side bet anywhere from $1-25 and these are the payouts: Thank you so much for the help to my previous question.

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