Quick Seven®

Stats/Strategy

Introduction: Quick Seven is played using six (6) standard decks of 52 cards without jokers. This version of Quick Seven is a single player game where the player competes against the dealer/house.

House Edge & Basic Strategy

Using basic strategy, the house edge for Quick Seven is approximately 2.63%.

Optimal player strategy of Quick Seven is to play as follows:

-Choose the high card or high total of a hand.
-Never hit after a discard.
-Never Challenge on a Quick Seven (house advantage 1.01%).
-Never place a Hazard Bet on a dealt bust (house advantage 0.07%).

Hitting after a discard in Quick Seven (compared to hitting in the game of Blackjack*):
-Hitting on a 1 is similar to hitting on a 12.
-Hitting on a 2 is similar to hitting on a 13.
-Hitting on a 3 is similar to hitting on a 14.
-Hitting on a 4 is similar to hitting on a 15.
-Hitting on a 5 is similar to hitting on a 16.
-Hitting on a 6 is similar to hitting on a 17.

*If comparing the total number of individual cards that it would take to bust a hand.

Statistical computation of Quick Seven was provided by Eliot Jacobson, Ph.D.

Eliot's specialty is casino game analysis, including mathematical and statistical models for casino games, game design, Internet casino audits, and risk analysis. Eliot works with individual and corporate clients and also consults for The Wizard of Odds, Compton Dancer Consulting, and Integrity International.

Eliot Jacobson, Ph.D.

Methodology: The results for Quick Seven were obtained by running statistical simulations written in C++. These simulations generated random hands and played them out according to the fixed dealer strategy and various player strategies. Several of the results were double checked by direct computation.

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