The issue of gambling
Gambling has first existed when ancients acquired more wealth than they ever need. Because they get anything possible with cash, they used their money to place bets and they invented gambling. Through the years, the practice of gambling spread like wildfire to middle and lower classes of the society due to entertainment, popularity and myths [...]
Learn MoreDealer’s odds on 6 & 8 decks
Some time ago I posted a small chart outlining the odds of a dealer making certain hands in a single-deck game.
But it’s for a single-deck game. Where I usually play, most games are either 6 or 8 decks, so I should post the odds for those games:
For the 6 deck game:
| Final: 17 |
18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | “Natural” Blackjack |
Bust | |
| Up card: 2 |
14.0% | 13.4% | 13.0% | 12.4% | 11.8% | n/a | 35.4% |
| 3 | 13.4% | 13.1% | 12.5% | 12.1% | 11.5% | n/a | 37.4% |
| 4 | 13.1% | 12.4% | 12.1% | 11.6% | 11.2% | n/a | 39.6% |
| 5 | 12.2% | 12.2% | 11.8% | 11.2% | 10.8% | n/a | 41.8% |
| 6 | 16.6% | 10.6% | 10.6% | 10.2% | 9.7% | n/a | 42.3% |
| 7 | 36.9% | 13.8% | 7.8% | 7.9% | 7.4% | n/a | 26.2% |
| 8 | 12.9% | 36.0% | 12.9% | 6.9% | 7.0% | n/a | 24.4% |
| 9 | 12.0% | 11.7% | 35.2% | 12.0% | 6.1% | n/a | 22.9% |
| 10 | 12.1% | 12.1% | 12.1% | 36.8% | 3.8% | 7.7% | 23.0% |
| Ace | 18.8% | 18.9% | 18.9% | 18.9% | 7.7% | 30.9% | 16.7% |
And for the 8 deck game:
| Final: 17 |
18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | “Natural” Blackjack |
Bust | |
| Up card: 2 |
14.0% | 13.5% | 13.0% | 12.4% | 11.8% | n/a | 35.4% |
| 3 | 13.5% | 13.1% | 12.5% | 12.1% | 11.5% | n/a | 37.4% |
| 4 | 13.1% | 12.5% | 12.1% | 11.7% | 11.2% | n/a | 39.6% |
| 5 | 12.2% | 12.2% | 11.8% | 11.2% | 10.8% | n/a | 41.8% |
| 6 | 16.6% | 10.6% | 10.6% | 10.2% | 9.7% | n/a | 42.3% |
| 7 | 36.9% | 13.8% | 7.9% | 7.9% | 7.4% | n/a | 26.2% |
| 8 | 12.9% | 36.0% | 12.9% | 6.9% | 7.0% | n/a | 24.4% |
| 9 | 12.0% | 11.8% | 35.2% | 12.0% | 6.1% | n/a | 22.9% |
| 10 | 12.1% | 12.1% | 12.1% | 36.9% | 3.8% | 7.7% | 23.0% |
| Ace | 18.8% | 18.9% | 18.9% | 18.9% | 7.8% | 30.9% | 16.7% |
That’s it. As you can see the tables aren’t that different between the 6 and 8 deck shoes, but in some cases it’s enough to make a long-run dent in your bank.
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