BetFair Casino ‘Zero Edge’ Blackjack
November 24, 2008 by BlackJack Dealer
Filed under Other Stuff, Where To Play
Betfair Casino offers Blackjack players the best odds online, Betfairs unique ’Zero House Edge’ Backjack game stacks the odds in favour of the player rather than the casino.
Betfair offers two great casino lounges, the Zero Lounge and the Main Lounge. The Main Lounge offers a huge range of the newest and most exciting games making it one of the most diverse and best value casinos on the web. The Zero Lounge is the first casino with zero house edge on every game*.
The Blackjack game at Betfair follows the standard rules of Blackjack, with a few minor twists. Betfair pay out 2:1 for a suited natural Blackjack and also for a five card 21! This extra payout for a five card 21 changes the standard ‘Hit/Stand’ guide slightly. All this really means is you should hit on the following hands…
- Hit 12 against 4, 5 and 6
- Hit 13 against 2, 3 and 4
- Hit 14 against 2
- Hit 17 against ace
- Hit soft 18 against 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 8
The professional Blackjack players out there will know how important the ‘House Edge’ is to your chances of making money at the Blackjack table. Put simply, the ‘House Edge’ mathematically guarantees that over a prolonged period of time that a casino will make a profit. Playing at a casino with no ‘House Edge’ means you have a better chance of pulling in a profit ~ If you play perfect strategy blackjack, which is easy to say bet harder to do!
You can play Roulette, Blackjack, Jacks or Better and Baccarat with NO HOUSE EDGE. The other casino games at BetFair do carry a house edge, but lets be fair to BetFair, they have to make a profit somewhere. Having said that Betfair gives you the fairest chance of making some money online playing Blackjack. New players also qualify for a £75 cash match bonus.
*The return to player on all zero games is 100.0 per cent. This is correct to at least 1 decimal place based on optimal player strategy.
