I will digress at the end of this post into an obscure issue called the “cut card effect” that impacts the house edge for BBJ if a cut card is used. This article covers BBJ as a side bet for the two-deck game. I found that BBJ has moderate vulnerability in the six-deck case for one group of pay tables, but low vulnerability for the rest. I developed card counting systems for two distinct groups of these pay tables.
There are at least eight different pay tables offered with BBJ. The payout is based on the number of cards in the dealer’s busted hand, with a top payout for an 8+ card dealer busted hand. The player wins the BBJ side bet if the dealer busts. In this post, I discussed card counting the Buster Blackjack (BBJ) side bet in the six-deck case.
