House edge contribution of End-16 Rule?
January 21st, 2025 at 9:29:35 AM
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Recently there have been several new BJ variants (by Score Gaming LLC) which feature the End-16 rule.
This rule is similar to the more popular Push-22 rule in that it’s intended to compensate for other rules that favor the player. But instead of having remaining live bets push on 22, the End-16 rule says that the game ends and all remaining live bets will push if the dealer gets to a soft or hard-16, except player 21s which will pay even money instead.
One increasingly popular variant is Double-up Blackjack which the Wizard has already analyzed. This variant allows the player to double their bet on any 2 card 20 or below and stand. It appears to be a very good game with just a 0.32% house edge.
What I’m interested to find out is, which among the push-22 and end-16 rules increase the house edge more? And if the push-22 rule contributes +6.9% to the house edge (correct me if I’m wrong), how much does the end-16 rule add to the edge?
Other new End-16 variants by Score Gaming which I’ve come across are Flip-It blackjack (if the dealer upcard is an ace or 10-value card, downcard is exposed) and Super Split blackjack (player allowed to split any 2-card hand of the same color, once per box).
This rule is similar to the more popular Push-22 rule in that it’s intended to compensate for other rules that favor the player. But instead of having remaining live bets push on 22, the End-16 rule says that the game ends and all remaining live bets will push if the dealer gets to a soft or hard-16, except player 21s which will pay even money instead.
One increasingly popular variant is Double-up Blackjack which the Wizard has already analyzed. This variant allows the player to double their bet on any 2 card 20 or below and stand. It appears to be a very good game with just a 0.32% house edge.
What I’m interested to find out is, which among the push-22 and end-16 rules increase the house edge more? And if the push-22 rule contributes +6.9% to the house edge (correct me if I’m wrong), how much does the end-16 rule add to the edge?
Other new End-16 variants by Score Gaming which I’ve come across are Flip-It blackjack (if the dealer upcard is an ace or 10-value card, downcard is exposed) and Super Split blackjack (player allowed to split any 2-card hand of the same color, once per box).
