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Lucky Stiff Blackjack

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  • We have your answer with Lucky Stiff Blackjack, an exciting new optional wager. It's played just like classic blackjack, but with an optional secondary wager to cover those pesky 'stiff' hands.
  • Mulligan 21 offers an optional side bet referred to as Lucky Stiff. A player that receives 66, 77 or 88 on the first two cards automatically wins 7-1, regardless of the results of the hand. These are referred to as 'Stiff Pairs'. A natural blackjack.

Blackjack Variations > Mulligan 21

Lucky Stiff Blackjack Game

Mulligan 21 is a new blackjack game that is now spread at Angel of the Winds Casino in Arlington, Washington. It is dealt similar to a standard blackjack game. Players and the dealer are dealt two cards. The dealer receives one card face-up. A player blackjack automatically wins. It is paid even money before the dealer checks his hole card for a blackjack. A dealer blackjack beats all players that do not have a natural blackjack.

Lucky Stiff Blackjack Meaning

Lucky Stiff is a Blackjack based game that offers an optional wager betting that the player will receive a blackjack or a stiff hand on the first two cards. Crown casino perth telephone number. A stiff hand is any hard total of 12 through 16 on the.

The special rule for players allows a drawn face card to be discarded. For example, if a player was dealt a hard 14 and drew a jack, queen or king, he could refuse that card and accept the next card off the top of the deck. A 10 card must be kept. This advantage may be used once per hand. The face card does not have to bust the player to be refused. For example, a player that is dealt 6 and receives a face card could decide to discard it and hope for a smaller card. The same is true if a player doubles down on a soft hand and does not want the face card that does not improve his hand.

In addition to receiving even money on blackjack, there is one more rule that is not friendly to players. The dealer pushes on all 17's and does not hit on soft 17. The hand is a push regardless of whether the dealer would have won the hand or not. This can be beneficial to a player that stayed on 16 and the dealer drew out. This rule benefits the house more than players.

Lucky Stiff Blackjack Play

Lucky Stiff Bonus Bet

Mulligan 21 offers an optional side bet referred to as Lucky Stiff. A player that receives 66, 77 or 88 on the first two cards automatically wins 7-1, regardless of the results of the hand. These are referred to as 'Stiff Pairs'. A natural blackjack receives even money instantly.

A player that starts the hand with a two-card 12-16 has an opportunity to win 5-1. This occurs when the player wins the hand either through beating the dealer with a better hand or the dealer busting. The Lucky Stiff side bet pushes when the player pushes the dealer, including when the house makes a 17.

Lucky Stiff BJ Side Bet @ 7 Cedars, WA

Paigow Dan told me about the new Lucky Stiff side bet his friend recently placed at the 7 Cedars Casino in WA. It looks fun, because you're paid 5:1 when your initial 12-16 hard total ends up winning the main hand. Also, blackjack pays even-money on the side bet, and an initial pair of 8-8, 7-7, and 6-6 instantly wins 10:1. Anyways, I ran the bet through my BJ analyzer, to see if it was interesting in any way. I understand that 7 Cedars lets you bet $5 on the main hand, and up to $25 on the side bet. So I ran the analysis for a 5:1 side-to-main ratio on a 6-deck, H17, SP4, SPA4 game. The return showed a house edge of 3.5% of the combined (main+side) wager. The optimal strategy for the 5:1 side-to-main ratio only has a few differences with basic strategy.

Lucky Stiff Blackjack
HandDealer Upcard
2345678910A
Soft Totals
soft 21SSSSSSSSSS
soft 20SSSSSSSSSS
soft 19SSSSDSSSSS
soft 18DDDDDSSHHH
soft 17HDDDDHHHHH
soft 16HHDDDHHHHH
soft 15HHDDDHHHHH
soft 14HHHDDHHHHH
soft 13HHHDDHHHHH
Hard Totals
hard 20SSSSSSSSSS
hard 19SSSSSSSSSS
hard 18SSSSSSSSSS
hard 17SSSSSSSSSS
hard 16SSSSSHHHSH
hard 15SSSSSHHHSH
hard 14SSSSSHHHHH
hard 13SSSSSHHHHH
hard 12HSSSSHHHHH
hard 11DDDDDDDDDD
hard 10DDDDDDDDHH
hard 9HDDDDHHHHH
hard 8HHHHHHHHHH
hard 7HHHHHHHHHH
hard 6HHHHHHHHHH
hard 5HHHHHHHHHH
Pairs
A-APPPPPPPPPP
10-10SSSSSSSSSS
9-9PPPPPSPPSS
8-8PPPPPPPPPP
7-7PPPPPPHHHH
6-6PPPPPHHHHH
5-5DDDDDDDDHH
4-4HHHPPHHHHH
3-3PPPPPPHHHH
2-2PPPPPPHHHH

The EORs are fairly small for the 5:1 side-to-main ratio. They're about only 1/3rd as effective as the EORs for a standard 6-deck shoe main game. So it's not worth your time to count this side bet. For a single card removed in a 6-deck game, the EORs are as follows:

Lucky Stiff EORs (5:1 side-to-main ratio, 6 decks)
Card RemovedReturnEOR
None3.5009%
Ace3.1324%0.3685%
Deuce3.3055%0.1954%
Trey3.3723%0.1285%
Four3.4423%0.0585%
Five3.5247%-0.0238%
Six4.0443%-0.5434%
Seven3.7864%-0.2856%
Eight3.7654%-0.2845%
Nine3.3903%0.1106%
Ten/Face3.4194%0.0815%
Lucky stiff blackjack card game
HandDealer Upcard
2345678910A
Soft Totals
soft 21SSSSSSSSSS
soft 20SSSSSSSSSS
soft 19SSSSDSSSSS
soft 18DDDDDSSHHH
soft 17HDDDDHHHHH
soft 16HHDDDHHHHH
soft 15HHDDDHHHHH
soft 14HHHDDHHHHH
soft 13HHHDDHHHHH
Hard Totals
hard 20SSSSSSSSSS
hard 19SSSSSSSSSS
hard 18SSSSSSSSSS
hard 17SSSSSSSSSS
hard 16SSSSSHHHSH
hard 15SSSSSHHHSH
hard 14SSSSSHHHHH
hard 13SSSSSHHHHH
hard 12HSSSSHHHHH
hard 11DDDDDDDDDD
hard 10DDDDDDDDHH
hard 9HDDDDHHHHH
hard 8HHHHHHHHHH
hard 7HHHHHHHHHH
hard 6HHHHHHHHHH
hard 5HHHHHHHHHH
Pairs
A-APPPPPPPPPP
10-10SSSSSSSSSS
9-9PPPPPSPPSS
8-8PPPPPPPPPP
7-7PPPPPPHHHH
6-6PPPPPHHHHH
5-5DDDDDDDDHH
4-4HHHPPHHHHH
3-3PPPPPPHHHH
2-2PPPPPPHHHH

The EORs are fairly small for the 5:1 side-to-main ratio. They're about only 1/3rd as effective as the EORs for a standard 6-deck shoe main game. So it's not worth your time to count this side bet. For a single card removed in a 6-deck game, the EORs are as follows:

Lucky Stiff EORs (5:1 side-to-main ratio, 6 decks)
Card RemovedReturnEOR
None3.5009%
Ace3.1324%0.3685%
Deuce3.3055%0.1954%
Trey3.3723%0.1285%
Four3.4423%0.0585%
Five3.5247%-0.0238%
Six4.0443%-0.5434%
Seven3.7864%-0.2856%
Eight3.7654%-0.2845%
Nine3.3903%0.1106%
Ten/Face3.4194%0.0815%

This bet looks like fun. If you bet an equal main and side bet (1:1 side-to-main ratio), the house edge is 4.66% on the combined 2 unit bet (2.33% element-of-risk). That's not too bad for a carnival-like odds. If you make a small side bet 1/5th of your main bet (e.g., a $1 side bet to a $5 main bet), then the house edge on the combined 1.2 unit bet is 1.38%. That's not bad for a little bit of fun.





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