Heavy's Axis Power Craps Forum

Heard about this game from my son yesterday who played it recently in AC and won about $1200. It's apparently available mainly in AC and Vegas.

Free Bet Blackjack is a variation on the standard blackjack game:

• Six decks
• Dealer hits soft 17
• Double after split allowed
• Double on first 2 cards only
• Re-split pairs up to 4 times, including aces

It also adds the following twists:

• Free doubles on 9-10-11 and Free Splits, where the house places a free bet button rather than the player putting up his own chips. Winning hands with free bet buttons are replaced with chips equaling the original bet. Pushes only return the original bet to the player. Similarly losing hands only have the original wager at risk.
• A dealer 22 is a PUSH against all of the players hands

Wizard of Odds has the HA of the standard rules above at 1.04%
https://wizardofodds.com/games/free-bet-blackjack/

The free bet aspects of the game alter basic strategy play significantly.

A dealer 22 is a PUSH against all of the players hands

You almost had me up until there . . .

Yeah...that's the kicker

That's why the HA is 1% which is fairly hefty for Blackjack.

I'm sort of interested in the game but would have to learn all the changes to basic strategy which I gather are quite numerous.

Exactly. New basic strategy cards. . .

The one I saw had $25 min bet at a casino that usually had $10 min for the regular blackjack. I asked the Super and he said that it never changes from $25. So I am curious if at other casinos it's also this high or have you people seem them at a lower min bet.

Around Albuquerque I see the usual $5 minimum. That sounds really odd, where was it? Must be a popular game there.

bobr, it was up in Canada.