New game - Single 21, any thoughts?

I was in Tunica, and at Sheraton and Bally's they had a game I hadn't seen before called Single 21. Rules are:
- Single deck, all cards dealt face up (except dealer hole card)
- Double down ANYTIME, except with a blackjack
- Late surrender ANYTIME
- Six cards without busting, automatic winner
- Split any pair of cards, except to avoid busting
- Blackjack wins, even against a dealer's blackjack
- Unsuited blackjacks get paid even money
- RSA, H17

I guess this is similar to Spanish 21 (which I've never played), except it is a full deck (10's are included), and a multi-card 21 is not an automatic winner.

Above, when I say anytime, that includes after splitting and after doubling down.

Here's the question(s) - where is the house edge? With rules like these, IS there a house edge? If not, why would the house have the game? The only glaring downside that I saw was the even money blackjacks.

I did notice that I could barely concentrate with so many things to consider each hand, so counting was worthless (for me anyway).

Thanks!

Player loses over 2% with not being paid 3-2 for blackjacks. I assume suited blackjacks are paid normally?

I don't understand this recent phenomenon of offering these bastardized forms of blackjack. Yes, it is marketing and yes people are stupid but so what? Seems a product of some very short-term thinking.

I don't understand this recent phenomenon of offering these bastardized forms of blackjack. Yes, it is marketing and yes people are stupid but so what? Seems a product of some very short-term thinking.

The idea is to continuously offer a new slant on blackjack game. Studies show alterations to existing games work very well in the short-term but players lose interest once the novelty wears off. The industry seems to be trying to run a conveyor belt of new games, to get round this problem. Anything rather than offer a decent beatable version of blackjack.

This game is been around for sometime and gets you a -0.90% edge.
You need a huge spread to break this game appart and if you try, I suggest you count the Ace as a low card and count the 9 as a big card instead. The Ace lose value because of the even money on BJs.

By the way, in the regular BJ when the count gets into negative the Ace lose value big time. The more negative count you have the less an Ace is worth and the other way around. The Ace draw juice from the 10s, but that is besides the point and has got nothing to do with your "new" game.

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This is merely a variant of SuperFun 21 - probably an attempt by the casinos to get around paying the royalties for SF21.

Just do a search for SuperFun 21 if you really wish to find out more about this game.

The even money blackjack is a killer, costing around 2%. This results in an overall house advantage of nearly 1%.

It can be beaten, but it requires a specialized strategy and a large spread.

You are better off playing even the worst 8 deck shoe game.

Of course, that is not as much fun, which is what the casinos are banking on. :-)

With all these new games coming out eventually wont someone mess up and make one that is easily beatable,there probably are a few already somewhere

At the end of the nineties beatable games like Sieta Y Media and Yin Yang Yo came out quite regularly. The casinos seem to be doing their homework a little more these days, this is partly due to them hiring out competent independent analysts with an understanding of advantage play like Stanley KO.

Do u know if sims were run for this game and what is the bs for it?
Thanks.