Dealer takes pushes?

[zengrifter]

Anyone know off hand what the increase in housEdge is when dealer takes pushes? zg

[I just like semi-circles]

According to the Mensa Guide to Casino Gambling (page 58), the house edge increases 9.00% when the dealer wins ties.

Here's their chart for house-favorable rule variations and it's effect on player expectation (dealer winning pushes is by far the worst rule of all)-

two decks -0.32%
four decks -0.48%
six decks -0.54%
eight decks -0.58%
dealer hits soft 17 -0.20%
double down only on 11 -0.78%
double down only on 10 or 11 -0.26%
double down only on 9, 10 and 11 -0.14%
no resplitting of pairs -0.03%
dealer wins ties -9.00%
natural pays 1 to 1 -2.32%

*These percentages will vary slightly based on number of decks in play. The book says the "old time Las Vegas strip rules are used as the standard rules for this chart" (whatever that means), but you get the idea.

[SystemsTrader]

Originally Posted by zengrifter

Anyone know off hand what the increase in housEdge is when dealer takes pushes? zg

It's -9.34%.