Dec 23 2025
Beating the Royal Match Blackjack Side Bet
The Royal Match (RM) wager is one of the oldest blackjack side bets still available. It pays if the player’s first two cards are the same suit. If the cards form the rare hand KQ suited, then there is a premium payout. It is intuitively clear that there must be situations where the player has the edge.
Ultimate Texas Hold'em Collusion
Ultimate Texas Hold'em (UTH) has a significant hole-card problem (see this post and this post).
Ultimate Texas Hold'em Goof
In a discussion of Ultimate Texas Hold'em (UTH), I read the following:
I found a venue that will allow a 4x bet on the flop. Surely there is some sort of edge there?
Mississippi Stud Poker Hole-Card Play
Many APs preach that the book “Beyond Counting” by James Grosjean contains everything you need if you just know how to find it. They say that you must simply “read everything.” Mississippi Stud (MS) is a good example. The most common hole-card to see in MS is the flop card, yet at first this strategy appears missing from Beyond Counting.
