he/she will sometimes pay the early bet. The red area in the third bar indicates the gain if this happens 10% of the time that both the player and dealer bust. The frequency of this situation depends on the number of players. It cannot occur with one player at the table since the dealer cannot bust if all players (in this case, just the one) bust.

Ø  Bust on Long Hand 21 – A 21 made up of four or more cards is treated as a bust 10% of the time.

This chart indicates that tricking the dealer into paying early bets is generally not worth it.

What about errors that favor the dealer?

Dealers also make errors that harm the player. It is important to watch out for these errors. Do not trust the dealer to count up the cards correctly — this could cost you. In this chart, the red area is the SCORE if you miss the error. The blue area is the loss from the error if you do not catch it and point it out to the dealer. Three error types are displayed:

Ø  Lose Pushes – Pushed hands will randomly lose at a 1% rate.

Ø  Push Winning Hands – Winning hands will lose 0.2% of the time.

Ø  No bust on Dealer 22 – A four-or-more-card dealer 22 will be treated as a 21, 25% of the time (an absurdly high percentage).

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 © 2009 Norman Wattenberger