Hole Card Play on 6:5 BJ

Dyepaintball12

Well-Known Member
#1
Hey guys,

I am reading "Advantage Play for the Casino Executive" by Bill Zender, and he states that playing a "single deck, DOA, DAS, 6:5 BJ" the player can have a 9.6% edge if he can see the hole card 100% of the time.

Now seeing the hole card every time may be difficult, but even seeing it 1/3 hands would give over an 3% edge.

Does anyone play these 6:5's to try and hole card? More importantly, do single deck, DOA, DAS games still exist?


Thanks,

David
 

EasyRhino

Well-Known Member
#2
a) careful about such discussions, people shouldn't go around naming sloppy dealers or casinos or anything on public boards.

b) Yes, it makes sense that the advantage from holecarding is big enough to overcome the crappy 6:5 rule. Actually, even rules like DAS or S17 wouldn't be very important either. But you'd want to see the holecard a large percentage of the time.

c) I tend to go hysterically blind when I see 6:5 tables, so I haven't noted many rules lately. CBJN would have the info, though.
 

ihate17

Well-Known Member
#3
You play them to hole card, not to try and hole card

Dyepaintball12 said:
Hey guys,

I am reading "Advantage Play for the Casino Executive" by Bill Zender, and he states that playing a "single deck, DOA, DAS, 6:5 BJ" the player can have a 9.6% edge if he can see the hole card 100% of the time.

Now seeing the hole card every time may be difficult, but even seeing it 1/3 hands would give over an 3% edge.

Does anyone play these 6:5's to try and hole card? More importantly, do single deck, DOA, DAS games still exist?


Thanks,

David

The percentage of dealers who are readable is very small, and most readable dealers can only be read from certain table positions. To me, this means that just trying 6/5 table after 6/5 table and hoping to land up in the right seat at the right time is a poor strategy.
I keep a little book on readable dealers (it will never be a big book). Dealer name, description, shift, casino, percentage of hands readable and from what seat, and other tidbits for example: Dealer A can be read from 2nd base but only if there is a player on 3rd base. Now if I see this dealer on a 6/5 table I will sit down if I can get the right seat.

Generally I find new readable dealers while playing a double deck pitch game and do not play 6/5 looking for these needles in the so called haystack.

ihate17
 

ihate17

Well-Known Member
#5
Too much information

callipygian said:
Is this because dealers deal differently depending on who's at the table?
Can not get into details, but watch dealers with different seats occupied and then do this yourself as dealer.

ihate17
 
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