New BJ game.

[Bill Cashman]

I saw this new version of BJ at the Showboat in AC.

I may not have all the details correct.

It is a single deck game.

BJ pays 6/5.

Two hands are dealt and then a new deck is played.

The dealer deals the players cards face down.

The dealer starts with only on card face up.

The players then play their hands.

After the players play their hands, the dealer deals his second card.

I am not a BJ player and was wondering if there is any advantage to playing this version of BJ.

[1357111317]

Nope. This is still an awful game.

[Sonny]

This sounds like the European no-hole card games. Depending on how the casino plays, that rule could increase the house edge by 0.11% or so. It would probably give that particular game a house edge of around 2% instead of the usual 0.19% on a "fair" single-deck game.

-Sonny-

[Automatic Monkey]

Originally Posted by Sonny

This sounds like the European no-hole card games. Depending on how the casino plays, that rule could increase the house edge by 0.11% or so. It would probably give that particular game a house edge of around 2% instead of the usual 0.19% on a "fair" single-deck game.

-Sonny-

It's not new, it's the same 6:5 SD they've been dealing for years. All the AC stores autoshuffle and don't take a hole card on 6:5 SD to avoid certain forms of advanced AP. It isn't European style, original bets only.

[KenSmith]

I'm surprised more games aren't being dealt this way. In addition to the protection angle, I can only imagine how badly the public plays at third base when they incorrectly think they can manipulate the dealer's second card somehow.