How Easy is Easy Blackjack Live from Evolution?

This is Easy Blackjack Live from Evolution.

Easy by name, easy by nature. Or as dealer Caitlyn says, ‘to easy for me‘.

So easy, there’s not even a player hand dealt. Just a dealer hand. Your task is to choose the hand value that you think (hope) will best the dealer’s hand.

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How to Play Easy Blackjack Live

The aim of the main game game is to pick one of five predefined ‘Player’ hand scores, betting that the selected hand(s) will beat the dealer’s.

There’s also a Bust It side bet that pays when the dealer busts.

Considering the main game first, your bet options are hand scores of 16, 17, 18, 19 or 20.  Each has a fixed payout which is clearly marked on the table. Higher scores that are more likely to win have lower payouts.

Top paying position is 16 at 2.45:1. You are requiring a dealer bust to to win this bet.

You can bet on as many of the positions as you want. A BET ON ALL button covers all the bases.

All chosen values that beat the dealer’s hand, win the designated payout. Ties push.

Particulars of the deal

Easy Blackjack is dealt from an 8 deck shoe with the dealer standing all 17s (hard and soft).

As only a dealer hand is dealt, rounds are rapid.

Bust It side-bet

The Bust It side-bet pays only if the dealer busts. The more cards taken to bust, the bigger the payout. A dealer bust with 8 or more cards is the game’s top payout at 250:1.

As well as being the bet with top possible payout, Bust-It is also the sub-optimal bet from a return to player (RTP) perspective, as is clear from the table of payouts and RTP rates by bet type.

Easy Blackjack Payouts, RTP & Playing Strategy

All 5 main bets come with a similar expected value/theoretical return. Score 16 is the optimal bet returning a respectable, if not brilliant 97.23%. By comparison European Roulette returns 97.3%.

The Bust It side-bet, despite the enticing possibility of a 250:1 payout, has a terrible 93.81% RTP.

	Bet	Payout	Theoretical Return
Main bets	Score 16 Score 17 Score 18 Score 19 Score 20	2.45:1 1.93:1 0.95:1 0.48:1 0.13:1	97.23% 97.10% 97.21% 97.19% 97.07%
Bust It	Bust with 8 or more cards Bust with 7 cards Bust with 6 cards Bust with 5 cards Bust with 4 cards Bust with 3 cards	250:1 100:1 50:1 9:1 2:1 1:1	93.81%

Easy Blackjack playing strategy is self evident from these numbers. Stick to the main bets!