4/6/2022

Lucky Stiff Blackjack

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Lucky Stiff Blackjack

Lucky Stiff BJ Side Bet @ 7 Cedars, WA

Lucky Stiff Blackjack Game

Paigow Dan told me about the new Lucky Stiff side bet his friend recently placed at the 7 Cedars Casino in WA. It looks fun, because you’re paid 5:1 when your initial 12-16 hard total ends up winning the main hand. Also, blackjack pays even-money on the side bet, and an initial pair of 8-8, 7-7, and 6-6 instantly wins 10:1. Anyways, I ran the bet through my BJ analyzer, to see if it was interesting in any way. I understand that 7 Cedars lets you bet $5 on the main hand, and up to $25 on the side bet. So I ran the analysis for a 5:1 side-to-main ratio on a 6-deck, H17, SP4, SPA4 game. The return showed a house edge of 3.5% of the combined (main+side) wager. The optimal strategy for the 5:1 side-to-main ratio only has a few differences with basic strategy.

HandDealer Upcard
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Soft Totals
soft 21SSSSSSSSSS
soft 20SSSSSSSSSS
soft 19SSSSDSSSSS
soft 18DDDDDSSHHH
soft 17HDDDDHHHHH
soft 16HHDDDHHHHH
soft 15HHDDDHHHHH
soft 14HHHDDHHHHH
soft 13HHHDDHHHHH
Hard Totals
hard 20SSSSSSSSSS
hard 19SSSSSSSSSS
hard 18SSSSSSSSSS
hard 17SSSSSSSSSS
hard 16SSSSSHHHSH
hard 15SSSSSHHHSH
hard 14SSSSSHHHHH
hard 13SSSSSHHHHH
hard 12HSSSSHHHHH
hard 11DDDDDDDDDD
hard 10DDDDDDDDHH
hard 9HDDDDHHHHH
hard 8HHHHHHHHHH
hard 7HHHHHHHHHH
hard 6HHHHHHHHHH
hard 5HHHHHHHHHH
Pairs
A-APPPPPPPPPP
10-10SSSSSSSSSS
9-9PPPPPSPPSS
8-8PPPPPPPPPP
7-7PPPPPPHHHH
6-6PPPPPHHHHH
5-5DDDDDDDDHH
4-4HHHPPHHHHH
3-3PPPPPPHHHH
2-2PPPPPPHHHH

Lucky Stiff Blackjack Play

The EORs are fairly small for the 5:1 side-to-main ratio. They’re about only 1/3rd as effective as the EORs for a standard 6-deck shoe main game. So it’s not worth your time to count this side bet. For a single card removed in a 6-deck game, the EORs are as follows:

Lucky Stiff EORs (5:1 side-to-main ratio, 6 decks)
Card RemovedReturnEOR
None3.5009%
Ace3.1324%0.3685%
Deuce3.3055%0.1954%
Trey3.3723%0.1285%
Four3.4423%0.0585%
Five3.5247%-0.0238%
Six4.0443%-0.5434%
Seven3.7864%-0.2856%
Eight3.7654%-0.2845%
Nine3.3903%0.1106%
Ten/Face3.4194%0.0815%

Lucky Stiff Blackjack Bar

This bet looks like fun. If you bet an equal main and side bet (1:1 side-to-main ratio), the house edge is 4.66% on the combined 2 unit bet (2.33% element-of-risk). That’s not too bad for a carnival-like odds. If you make a small side bet 1/5th of your main bet (e.g., a $1 side bet to a $5 main bet), then the house edge on the combined 1.2 unit bet is 1.38%. That’s not bad for a little bit of fun.