Was I wasting money?

#1
I was reviewing my last trip to Vegas (actually a family vacation to Law Vegas and San Diego) where I got in about 6 hours of play. I was experimenting a bit, ended up winning just $200 in those. Among the questions..

1. We don't have Lucky Ladies of Buster BJ side bets in my local casinos but playing $25 minimum games, I would get a couple of red chips from time to time when I hit a BJ and I would bet then on side bets. I had no real clue on when to get the Lucky Lady side bets but since totals of 18 - 21 win some money, I would play it on negative counts. I did not keep track but occasionally won. In retrospect, I was probably throwing away money and essentially making my BJ pay out 1-1.

2. At one casino, playing heads up, I was playing two hands to start in DD, each with one Green chip. However, when another player joined in, they insisted that I play double the minimum if I wanted to play 2 hands. I started of playing the first round at 2 x $50, playing both hands if I won both hands or if count got positive, dropping to one hand of $25 in all other situations. Since my max bet was only 2 x $125 at TC4, maybe it was a mistake starting out at 2 x $50 as the casino has edge.
 

Meistro

Well-Known Member
#2
" had no real clue on when to get the Lucky Lady side bets but since totals of 18 - 21 win some money,"

Lucky ladies only pays on twenties and usually turns positive between TC 5-7. Lucky lucky pays on 19, 20 and 21 as well as other, rarer combos such as 678, suited 21 and 777 but it is not correlated to hi lo.

You should refrain from making negative expectation wagers.
 

hitthat16

Active Member
#3
You were wasting money. Lucky Ladies has a horrific house edge until it turns positive at a high TC.

Although i don’t know if that is truly the bet you played because you described it incorrectly.
 
#4
ZeeBabar said:
no real clue on when to get the Lucky Lady side bets
If both Qh are still intact, slightly higher than 2x your insurance index puts you in +EV...
... if one Qh gone then you need 2.5x insurance index.
 
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