Betfair Zero Lounge Blackjack optimal player strategy

Betfair Zero Lounge Blackjack strategy

Optimal Blackjack player strategy

Hit, Stand, Split or Double Down?

Betfair Zero Lounge Blackjack has a house edge of 0 because
it pays out 2 - 1 for a suited natural Blackjack and a five card 21.

In this case, an optimal strategy is paramount. If you've studied
our simple 3-stage Blackjack strategy, you'll know that it's
designed to introduce beginners to the game and take them
through to expert players in 3 easy steps.

To beat Zero Lounge Blackjack, you should use all three of our
stages (ie play at 'expert' level) with one or two tweaks for
exceptional circumstances. We detail all this below.

Basic rules

Aces should be treated as 1, except with 7, 8, and 9 when they equal 11.

eg

A, 6 is always 7.
A, 8 is always 19

Points total is the total of all cards in your hand, not just the first 2, so the same rules apply to

7 and 6,
5, 4 and 4
A, 4 and 8

all of which should be treated as 13.

Points Total	Action
3 to 11 12 to 16 17 to 20 Exception: A, 7 9 10 11 ALL PAIRS except 4s, 5s and 10s PAIR 4s PAIR 5s PAIR 10s Exception: PAIR 2s, 3s, 6s, 7s	HIT HIT if dealer > 6, otherwise STAND STAND HIT if dealer > 8, otherwise STAND DOUBLE DOWN if dealer < 7 DOUBLE DOWN if dealer < 10 DOUBLE DOWN SPLIT HIT HIT if dealer has 10 or A, else DOUBLE DOWN STAND SPLIT if dealer < 8 otherwise HIT

The system to beat Zero Lounge Blackjack

Playing Zero Lounge Blackjack with the above strategy will reduce the House Edge to around 0.6 per cent. If you're lucky enough to get either a suited Blackjack or 5 card twenty one, the edge is reduced to zero.

Our advice? Practice this strategy on Betfair's Zero Lounge Blackjack 'Play for fun' mode until it becomes second nature, then play it for real and wait to hit one of those two winning hands.

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