Royal Match Side Bet

jimbiggs

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I'm going to try the El Cortez in June. Can someone please explain the Royal Match side bet and at what point to bet it. Can I use hi/low or does it require a more advanced system?

Thanks.
 

zengrifter

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The Royal Match SB is a very difficult proposition to bet advantageously. It has no correlation to a typical count system. For further info you should refer to Snyder's Big Book of BJ.

I strongly advise NOT to bet it!

The only version of RM that has any viability is the 1D 3/10 payoff version like Cortez features. The housEdge for 1D 3/10 version is 3.5% and unlike other SB schemes it never goes higher, but it does go lower and occaisionally favors the player.

In a nutshell there are a few convergent approaches:

1. When there is an excess of one suit depleted
2. When there is an overabundance of one suit remaining
3. When there is an excess of one color (red/black) depleted
4. When there is an excess of suited Ks/Qs remaining and one of the previous factors is apparent.

One simple count (again, NOT RECOMMENDED) is to count red cards +1 and black cards -1... whenever the RM RC is +7 (or higher) or -7 (or lower) you may place the RM bet.

Don't do it! zg

Ps - A much more beatable SB is the LLadies and its cousin the Royal20s (last seen only at Plaza). These SBs do correlate to the standard count - see previous posts this forum.
 
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jimbiggs

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I'll make sure not to bet it then. From what I've been able to understand, it's a side bet that you're first two cards will be suited, or same color, KQ?
 

zengrifter

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jimbiggs said:
I'll make sure not to bet it then. From what I've been able to understand, it's a side bet that you're first two cards will be suited, or same color, KQ?
any suited = 3:1
k/q suited = 10:1

Thats the beatable version. zg
 
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