Buster sidebet pays 5:2
January 21st, 2011 at 3:00:32 PM
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In casino in Vienna (Austria) there is a sidebet in Blackjack that pays 5:2 if dealer busts. Number of cards dealer gets doesn't matter. What is a house edge on this bet?
January 21st, 2011 at 3:25:41 PM
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The dealer will usually bust about 30% of the time from my own personal experiance (this is by no way scientific, its just from personal observations)- with that in mind your 5:2 pay while an odd number to see seems a fairly decent side-bet as side-bets go. But I cant answer your question so- yea, Im just flappin my lips here lol
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January 21st, 2011 at 3:36:31 PM
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Quote: hogarIn casino in Vienna (Austria) there is a sidebet in Blackjack that pays 5:2 if dealer busts. Number of cards dealer gets doesn't matter. What is a house edge on this bet?
The infinite-deck model gives a house edge of 1.44% for this side bet in a dealer-stands-on-soft-17 game (S17) and 0.10% for H17.
By changing the payouts to 2.5 in the Wizard of Odds's paytable at https://wizardofodds.com/blackjack/appendix8.html#busterbj, for the 6-deck H17 game, you will get a player's edge of 0.02%, so your game is probably S17.
I agree with Malaru that it's pretty good compared to most side bets.
January 21st, 2011 at 3:51:19 PM
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Thanks for the answer.
Yes, the game is 6-deck, S17.
Yes, the game is 6-deck, S17.
January 21st, 2011 at 4:42:54 PM
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A thread discussing this bet is here: https://wizardofvegas.com/forum/gambling/blackjack/3896-paying-for-dealer-to-bust-in-vienna/
