The Golden Nugget has a small high-limit area featuring a couple of blackjack tables with stakes of $25~$5,000. All in all, seven other downtown casinos have been ranked better than the Golden Nugget in terms of average House edge at the blackjack tables. Reports of a six-deck game with DAS, RSA and surrender, where the dealer stands on soft 17, could not be confirmed, unless they were referencing the $5 tables that have 6:5 payouts on natural blackjacks. However, the $50~$2,500 six-deck table has both surrender and RSA for a House edge of 0.48%. Unlike the $10~$2,500 double-deck one, it allows doubling down after splitting (DAS).Īll games with minimums under $50, including six-deck games dealt from a shoe, prohibit surrender and re-splitting of Aces (RSA).
The version with the lowest House edge at 0.45% is the $25~$5,000 double-deck game. The rules summary states, “On some games, the dealer must hit on a ‘soft’ 17,” but that should probably be updated to read “on all games with minimum stakes under $100.” Whether the game is double-deck or six-deck, if the table stakes start at $10, $25 or $50, the dealers hit on soft 17. There are plenty of blackjack variations offered at the Golden Nugget.
