Error Data

How do dealer errors affect us?

Nearly all the Blackjack statistics we read about ignore errors. Yet the large number of new casinos suggests that dealer errors will occur with greater frequency than in the past. Errors can help or harm the player. First we will look at dealer errors that help the player. You don't have to do anything to gain from these errors —although there are some players who try to increase dealer errors.

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The green bars indicate the SCORE for a typical Strip six-deck game. The red bars indicate the gain from four types of errors as follows:

Ø  Pay Pushes – The dealer will sometimes pay tied hands instead of pushing the bet. The first red bar shows the gain if this happens in 1% of tied hands.

Ø  Push Losing Hands – The dealer will also sometimes push a losing hand. The second red area shows the gain if the dealer does not take the bet in 0.2% of losing hands.

Ø  Pay Early Bets – If a player busts, he/she sometimes will put up a bet before the dealer plays his/her hand. If the dealer then busts,

 © 2009 Norman Wattenberger