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Common-Hand Blackjack®

General Description

Triple-Bet consists of three separate bets for three distinct games where the value and purport of the dealt cards change as the Game progresses.

Playing Procedures:
The Game is played with six decks of standard playing cards.
Player make three bets on three games
 Flush-Bet, Sandwich-Bet and the third game Block-Bet.
The three Games are 'must-play' games; the bet values need not be the same.

Game One:
 Flush-Bet
One card is dealt to the Player and one card in the middle as a community card (Flop-card).
The Player wins if the Player's card and the flop-card are of the same suit (See pay-table).

Flush-Bet Pay-Table

Hand

Description

Pays

Flush-Pair

Player's card and the Flop-card are of the same suit and rank

8 - 1

Flush-High

Player's card and the Flop-card are of the same suit and the rank of the player’s card is higher than that of the Flop card.

3 - 1

Flush-Low

Player's card and the Flop-card are of the same suit and the rank of the player’s card is lower than that of the Flop card.

2 - 1


Game Two:
 Sandwich-Bet
A second card is dealt to each Player and a second card is dealt in the middle as a second community card (Flop-card).

If the second flop-card is of equal rank with either of the Player's cards or ranks in between the Player's two cards the Player wins (see pay-table). For this game Ace counts high only.

The Player's two cards are now used for Game three

Sandwich-Bet Pay-Table

Hand

Description

Pays

Triple-Sandwich

Player’s two cards and the second Flop-card are the same rank

15 - 1

Straight-Sandwich

The ranks of all three cards are consecutive with the second Flop-card being the middle ranked card

7 - 1

Sandwich

The second Flop-card is the middle ranked card or of equal rank with either of the Player's cards.

1 - 1


Game Three:
 Block-Bet

The Dealer discards the two Flop-cards in use for the first two games.
The Dealer now deals himself a card.

The Player wins if one of his cards is of the same suit and of higher rank than the Dealer's card (see pay-table).
If one of the Player's cards matches the Dealer’s card in both rank and suit, then is a push.

Block-Bet Pay-Table

Hand

Description

Pays

Ultimate-Block

A Block consisting of two cards both of the same rank, both higher than and both of same suit as the dealer's card

35 to 1

Pair-Block

A Block consisting of two cards of the same rank, both higher than, and one of them the same suit as, the dealer's card.

10 to 1

Flush-Block

A Block consisting of two cards of the same suit and one/both cards are higher and in the same suit as the dealer's card.

5 to 1

Block

A Block consisting of one card higher and in the same suit as the dealer's card.

2 to 1

If one of the Player's cards matches the Dealer’s card in both rank and suit, then is a push.

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House Edge

Flush-Bet

House Edge summary, 6 decks.

Outcome

Pays

Combinations

Probability

Frequency

Return

Flush Low

2

11,232

11.5756%

1 in 8.6

23.1511%

Flush High

3

11,232

11.5756%

1 in 8.6

34.7267%

Flush Pair

8

1,560

1.6077%

1 in 62.2

12.8617%

Lose

-1

73,008

75.2412%

1 in 1.3

-75.2412%

Total

 

97,032

100.0000%

 

-4.5016%

 

 

 

 

House Edge   

4.5016%



Sandwich-Bet

Game analysis summary, 6 decks, pay table.

Hand

Pays

Combinations

Probability

Frequency

Return

Triple Sandwich

17

78,936

0.005248

1 in 190.5

0.089223

Straight Sandwich

7

152,064

0.010111

1 in 98.9

0.070775

Pair Sandwich

1

2,066,688

0.137413

1 in 7.3

0.137413

Sandwich

1

3,801,600

0.252767

1 in 4.0

0.252767

Other

-1

8,940,672

0.594461

1 in 1.7

-0.594461

Total

 

15,039,960

1.000000

 

-0.044284

 

 

 

 

House Edge   

4.4284%

 


Block-Bet

The win probability and house edge for all number of decks from 1 to 8
 

Decks

Normal Block

Flush Block

Pair Block

Ultimate Block

House Edge

1

2 to 1

5 to 1

15 to 1

N/A

5.88%

2

2 to 1

5 to 1

10 to 1

60 to 1

5.43%

3

2 to 1

5 to 1

10 to 1

50 to 1

4.52%

4

2 to 1

5 to 1

10 to 1

40 to 1

5.21%

5

2 to 1

5 to 1

10 to 1

35 to 1

5.61%

6

2 to 1

5 to 1

10 to 1

35 to 1

5.32%

7

2 to 1

5 to 1

10 to 1

35 to 1

5.11%

8

2 to 1

5 to 1

10 to 1

35 to 1

4.96%


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