Holland Casino (NL): blackjack house edge & basic strategy

Dutch state casino. 6 decks on a continuous shuffler, dealer stands on soft 17, no hole card, double only on 9/10/11, blackjack pays 3:2. On a dealer blackjack you lose only your original bet.

House edge

0.71% per initial bet with perfect basic strategy (win 43.3% / push 8.8% / lose 47.9% of rounds). Derived by seeded Monte Carlo simulation of 300,000 rounds under the exact rules below.

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Table rules

Decks6
Shufflecontinuous shuffling machine (reshuffled every round)
Dealer soft 17dealer stands (S17)
Hole cardEuropean no-hole-card
Blackjack pays3:2
Double downtotals 9–11 only
Double after splitallowed
Splittingup to 4 hands; no resplitting aces, one card on split aces
Surrendernot offered

Basic strategy chart

H Hit · S Stand · D Double · P Split · R Surrender. Rows are your hand, columns the dealer upcard (A = Ace).

Hard totals

2345678910A
5HHHHHHHHHH
6HHHHHHHHHH
7HHHHHHHHHH
8HHHHHHHHHH
9DHDDDDHHHH
10DDDDDDDDHH
11DDDDDDDHDH
12HHSHSHHHHH
13SSSSSHHHHH
14SSSSSHHHHH
15SSSSSHHHHH
16SSSSSHHHHH
17SSSSSSSSSS
18SSSSSSSSSS
19SSSSSSSSSS
20SSSSSSSSSS

Soft totals

2345678910A
A,2HHHHHHHHHH
A,3HHHHHHHHHH
A,4HHHHHHHHHH
A,5HHHHHHHHHH
A,6HHHHHHHHHH
A,7SSSSSSSHHH
A,8SSSSSSSSSS
A,9SSSSSSSSSS

Pairs

2345678910A
2,2PPPPPPHHHH
3,3HHPPPPPHHH
4,4HHPHHHHHHH
5,5DDDDDDDDHH
6,6HPPPPHHHHH
7,7PPPPPPHHHH
8,8PPPPPPPPHH
9,9PPPPPSPPSS
10,10SSSSSSSSSS
A,APPPPPPPPPH

Dealer outcome odds

Probability of each dealer final result, by upcard:

Upcard1718192021BJBust
214.2%13.0%13.2%12.4%11.8%0.0%35.5%
313.5%12.9%12.7%12.0%11.5%0.0%37.3%
412.9%12.8%12.1%11.7%11.3%0.0%39.2%
512.1%12.1%11.8%11.7%10.8%0.0%41.4%
616.7%10.9%10.4%10.2%9.7%0.0%42.1%
737.1%13.9%7.9%7.9%7.2%0.0%25.9%
812.7%35.9%13.0%7.0%7.1%0.0%24.4%
912.2%12.0%34.7%11.9%6.3%0.0%22.9%
1011.1%11.1%11.2%34.1%3.4%7.9%21.2%
A13.0%12.7%13.1%13.0%5.3%31.3%11.7%

Frequently asked questions

What is the house edge at Holland Casino (NL)?

With perfect basic strategy the edge is about 0.71% in favour of the house, per initial bet. Derived by Monte Carlo simulation of 300,000 rounds under these exact rules.

Does the dealer hit or stand on soft 17 at Holland Casino (NL)?

The dealer stands on all 17s (S17), which is the more player-friendly rule.

How often does the dealer bust with a 6 showing?

Under these rules the dealer busts 42.1% of the time with a 6 up — the weakest dealer upcard.

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