Is this unusual?

[jmp]

So i played a session with the strategy trainer here on the site, and this is what i ended up with after 129 hands:

http://img159.imageshack.us/my.php?image=unusualts2.jpg

I won 52% of the time, and i used a 1-5 spread($10-$50), and the rules it suggests when you start the program, and 2 decks. You start on $1000 and as you can see i am up to $1805, after 129 hands Anyone else been this lucky, or is this extreme?

Jmp.

[21forme]

I usually play 6D games for practice as that's what I usually play for real. I've had a few good shoes, running up $1K to $4K with the count going positive early. I've gone bust on a few, too. I'd guess my average win percentage is about 44%.

[ihate17]

Originally Posted by jmp

So i played a session with the strategy trainer here on the site, and this is what i ended up with after 129 hands:

http://img159.imageshack.us/my.php?image=unusualts2.jpg

I won 52% of the time, and i used a 1-5 spread($10-$50), and the rules it suggests when you start the program, and 2 decks. You start on $1000 and as you can see i am up to $1805, after 129 hands Anyone else been this lucky, or is this extreme?

Jmp.

Since the general rule is the player wins 44%, dealer wins 48% and 8% of hands are pushes, if you won 52%, you were just enjoying a nice case of positive variance.

ihate17

[jmp]

Okay, thanks for the info!

i think i am going to change practicing with the rules i am going to play with the casino, when that day comes aswell. I dont know if anyone has been at this casino, but its called Casino Copenhagen(yes its in Copenhagen), and i did a little research to find out what rules they use. This is what is says on their website:

6D, S17, Insurrance allowed, split aces, double on 9,10,11, double after split allowed.

All hands that has the same number as the dealer's hand, keeps their bet(so i guess if its a hand that you have doubled down on, i get everything back?)

And then theres this sidebet thing called pairs. You bet, and if you get a pair on the first 2 cards you win the following: mixed pair(non suited) pays 6:1, coloured pair(fx 2 red queens), which pays 12:1, and then the perfect pair, which is of course a suited pair, which pays 24:1.

Theres also another sidebet called Super Sevens, which is basicly the same, and if you get 3 suited sevens you get about $10.000

What do you think about this game?

Jmp.

[Sonny]

Originally Posted by jmp

All hands that has the same number as the dealer's hand, keeps their bet(so i guess if its a hand that you have doubled down on, i get everything back?)

I think they mean that the dealer does not win ties. That means you get to keep your money if you push, which is a pretty standard rule. At least that’s what it sounds like to me.

Originally Posted by jmp

6D, S17, Insurrance allowed, split aces, double on 9,10,11, double after split allowed… What do you think about this game?

They don’t tell you the penetration on the website, do they? The rules don’t sound terrible. The restrictions on doubling and lack of surrender are a bit of a wet blanket, but the game may still be beatable. It would depend more on the conditions than the rules (penetration, crowding, number of tables, mid-shoe entry, etc.).

The Perfect Pairs side bet has a house edge of over 6% and the Super Sevens side bet is usually over 11%, but I think it might be worse at this casino if they have smaller payouts. I would leave the side bets alone.

-Sonny-

[jmp]

I did some more research, and baaaaaaah, they use those stupid maschines to shuffle the cards Although one guy, who comes to the casino oftent, said that some of the machines are oftent broken, so they use hand shuffling instead, where they use a pretty good penetration(80%-85%).

Jmp.