You just have to be okay with losing $1000 75% of the time for only $775 in EV. Quadruple your $2000 or bust and now your EV is $775, etc. For example if you take your $2000 and double it or bust, then complete the rollover, half the time you lose your $1000 investment and half the time you win $3000 then pay $900 in EV to the HE. There is a better way! By playing a high variance style which increases your chance of busting, and decreases your chance of having to complete the rollover, your EV can approach the full value of the bonus. Your bonus is $1000, so you make $100 in EV from this bonus if you just grind the rollover.
Here the HE on Bovada Multi-hand BJ with perfect play is. To find out your edge on a bonus like this you have to figure out how much action you must give and multiply that by the HE of the game and compare it to the bonus amount. Also, doubles and splits count towards rollover contribution in BJ last time I checked, so that helps slightly. Also I think BJ can be played faster and has lower variance, so this is my personal preference. JoB has a slightly lower HE than their BJ, but the optimal strategy is harder than BJ's.
Other table games HE's are more than double. It's not a great opportunity, though.Įven at 30% contribution blackjack/JoB is best.
