ES is less valuable in Sp21, though, for two reasons: (1) the dearth of X’s makes the dealer’s A less threatening (conversely, it makes the X upcard MORE likely to conceal an A), and (2) the autowin on a player 21 makes playing out the hands more attractive. Katarina mentions that if ES is offered, “milk it for all it’s worth.' If this were BJ, according to Don Schlesinger’s book full ES would be worth +0.717% to the BS player (and of course much more to the counter). The most attractive feature of the game is the ES. Thus, so far we have a house edge of about 0.9%. Losing the 2:1, 3:1, and Super Bonus payouts costs the player a bit, but not very much, as they are quite rare: not counting the Super Bonus and using the 6-deck frequencies given by Katarina shows that paying ALL bonuses as 3:2 costs 0.086%. At the time, I estimated that Fun21’s house edge is quite low.įrom Katarina’s book, an 8D H17 No Redouble Sp21 game has a house edge of 0.79%. I first saw a version of this game over 10 years ago on a Carnival cruise. Side bets include Lucky Ladies with pay table 1000-125-19-9-4 and Bust Bonus, both explained on the Wizard of Odds site.

No additional bonuses for these suited 21s.Įarly surrender if dealer is showing Ace or 10 card, late surrender on first two cards for all other hands. Aces also can be hit and doubled.Ħ-7-8, 7-7-7, and 5-card or more hand of 21 pay 3 to 2. Split up to 4 times for a total of 5 hands including Aces. Below are all of the rules, I hope I did not miss any.Ģ1 always wins, BJ pays 3 to 2 and instantly even if dealer has blackjack.ĭouble on any number of cards and after splits, no redoubling.ĭouble down rescue (surrender after doubling). There is only one other thread I found that briefly discusses this game, and if somebody can create a house edge and strategy chart that would be wonderful. I used the Spanish 21 basic strategy but the rules are different than traditional Spanish 21. They offered a blackjack game that is called 'Fun 21' which is a spinoff of Spanish 21 with some rule variations.

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