21 + 3 online

[stooks99]

Weird question, and if this pans out I'll explain, but does anyone know an online casino that allows US players and offers 21+3 blackjack?  I have looked for a half hour and am striking out.  Thanks in advance.

[stooks99]

Now that I have a minute, I'll explain.

A friend of mine saw this game in a casino and is convinced he can beat it.  I encouraged him to run trials to see how ridiculous this assumption is.  He insisted.  He was going to get 6 decks of cards and some chips to run an experiment, but I told him he should look online.  He's not super comfortable with web searching, so I looked and I can't believe it's not easier than this to find.

There.

[Martini]

If you search Google for "21+3 blackjack online" there seem to be online sites that offer that game.

The casino your friend went to is doing a good job because they *want* games to appear beatable. Casinos love customers like your friend who doesn't understand how casinos make money.

Also ran across this page: http://wizardofodds.com/blackjack/appendix8.html#21+3 where he analyzes pay tables and concludes the house edge is either 3.24% or 2.78% in b&m casinos depending on the payouts used. Or anywhere from 3.18% to 7.76% online depending on the number of decks used.

[Buzzerbeater]

Foxwoods had bought a game that turned out to be beatable. Andy Bloch did out the math and found a strategy that made it around a 61% player advantage.  I want to say he took em for about 30k before they figured out what he was doing and 86ed the game from their floor.

[stooks99]

Yeah, I don't know what my buddy is thinking.  :By the way, all the sites I've found that offer it aren't US friendly, even for play money.  The search continues.

[Martini]

Foxwoods had bought a game that turned out to be beatable. Andy Bloch did out the math and found a strategy that made it around a 61% player advantage.  I want to say he took em for about 30k before they figured out what he was doing and 86ed the game from their floor.

Found this article: http://ryanmclane.casinocitytimes.com/articles/28489.html

Interesting. But the house changed the rules so I wouldn't be surprised if the original game was not beatable. Also, the player edge was 6%, not 60%...so not *quite* as juicy.

[Buzzerbeater]

I meant 60 vs. 40,but I was still off.  Lol.