Royal Match @ Barona i-Table
The Royal Match side bet pays out at 25:1 if your first two cards include a suited Royal Match (i.e. A King and Queen). Also, if you achieve a simple suit you will be paid 2.5:1 and suited Blackjack you will receive a 5:1 payout. As the name implies in this side bet you will want to draw 7's ‐ the more the better! For instance, bet 5 dollars for original blackjack play, and bet 100 for the Royal Match side bet? I've never seen a casino where your bet on the side bet can exceed your bet on the base hand. It's definitely countable, but you also have a 3.8% house edge to overcome. And only 2 or 3 hands per deck in a single deck game.
Neighbors dog craps on my lawn. One of the nice features of the Shuffle Master i-Table is that they can change the odds of the bonus side-bets at any time. Yesterday, they increased the payout on the Royal from 50:1 to 75:1. The change showed up on the display, so I calculated the improvement.
For an n-deck shoe, the probability of hitting a Royal (KQs) is (4)(n^2)/C(52*n,2) and the probability of getting dealt suited cards is 4*C(n*13,2)/C(n*52,2).
Royal Match Bet Blackjack Games
| Hand | Frequency | Payout | Return |
|---|---|---|---|
| Royal Match (KQs) | 0.29680935% | 75:1 | +0.222607 |
| Suited | 24.462033% | 2:1 | +0.489241 |
| nothing | 75.241158% | -1:1 | -0.752412 |
| Total | 100% | -0.040564 |
Royal Match Bet Blackjack Results
Neighbors dog craps on my lawn. One of the nice features of the Shuffle Master i-Table is that they can change the odds of the bonus side-bets at any time. Yesterday, they increased the payout on the Royal from 50:1 to 75:1. The change showed up on the display, so I calculated the improvement.
For an n-deck shoe, the probability of hitting a Royal (KQs) is (4)(n^2)/C(52*n,2) and the probability of getting dealt suited cards is 4*C(n*13,2)/C(n*52,2).
Royal Match Bet Blackjack Games
| Hand | Frequency | Payout | Return |
|---|---|---|---|
| Royal Match (KQs) | 0.29680935% | 75:1 | +0.222607 |
| Suited | 24.462033% | 2:1 | +0.489241 |
| nothing | 75.241158% | -1:1 | -0.752412 |
| Total | 100% | -0.040564 |
Royal Match Bet Blackjack Results
Royal Match Bet Blackjack Poker
The change from the 50:1 to the 75:1 payout on the Royal improved the return from -10.2% to -4.1%. So, it went from a sucker bet to a fun $1 bet you can place every hand.
