Royal Match Nirvana!

zengrifter

zengrifter

Banned
Playing at a local's spot last night, the regulars were pounding the RM 25-1 version as I iterated to them: "Its a sucker bet!"

Then I threw $2 on each of my two spots after I made change for a cocktail tip, and BAM! Two RMs at the same time!

Everyone was astonished, including dealers and PCs, no one had ever seen such a thing!

I immediately remarked that the odds were approximately 100,000-1 "and the bastards only paid me 25-1!"

I suppose the 'bad-luck' of it was that had one of the simultaneous RMs occured on the dealer's hand I would have been paid a $1000 bonus... but then I am unattached - Nirvana only occurs to those who are unattached!

Someday I'll share my 'other' recent Royal story. zg

Ps - I had a total of 5 RMs at that table in 2.5 hrs, though I didn't bet it anymore. The others who were aggressively betting it were increasingly saddened by my 'good-fortune.' They were ATTACHED!
 
Sonny

Sonny

Well-Known Member
There's a 25-1 version?

> Playing at a local's spot last night, the regulars were pounding the RM 25-1
> version as I iterated to them: "Its a sucker bet!"

I thought most casinos used the 10:1 (3:1 for other matches) version. Are there many that offer the 25:1? Is that the double-deck version? The 10:1 SD version can yield a 1.4% houly advantage with a very similar hourly standard deviation as blackjack (with a good counting system). This 25:1 version could be money in the bank! What are the other details?

-Sonny-
 
zengrifter

zengrifter

Banned
Actually most casinos have the 25-1 version...

...which is vastly inferior to the 3-1/10-1 version - the 25-1 version only pays 2.5-1 on a regular match (housEdge 12+%) and is typically found on 2-6D tables where the 3/10 version would actually be a positive EV. zg
 
Sonny

Sonny

Well-Known Member
House edge

> the 25-1 version only pays 2.5-1 on a regular match (housEdge 12+%) and is
> typically found on 2-6D tables where the 3/10 version would actually be a
> positive EV. zg

I calculated 8.33% for the DD and 6.67% for the shoe version, but I could be wrong. At least the hourly SD would be somewhat less due to the smaller payouts and less frequest playing opportunities. Either way, that's a tough nut to crack. It's probably more trouble than it's worth.

-Sonny-
 
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