Define a good game?
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Generally, the fewer decks the better, all other things being equal.
Eight decks is bad, six is mediocre, four is better, two ect,ect.
A dealer standing on all 17s is good, a dealer hitting soft 17s is not as good.
You want to be able to double on any two cards( DOA) and double after splits(DAS). Europeans play a different game, where the dealer does not take a hole card. This game uses different basic strategy(BS) than most games referenced here. I've never played it, myself.
You really need to do some reading on your own. If you keep asking really basic questions, you will wear out your welcome fairly quickly.
If you can't find some books, use the lessons offered at the BJ School on the left of the screen.
Eight decks is bad, six is mediocre, four is better, two ect,ect.
A dealer standing on all 17s is good, a dealer hitting soft 17s is not as good.
You want to be able to double on any two cards( DOA) and double after splits(DAS). Europeans play a different game, where the dealer does not take a hole card. This game uses different basic strategy(BS) than most games referenced here. I've never played it, myself.
You really need to do some reading on your own. If you keep asking really basic questions, you will wear out your welcome fairly quickly.
If you can't find some books, use the lessons offered at the BJ School on the left of the screen.
Krak3d said:
Thanx ^^, that really helped me out.
As for conditions most of it has been covered, but you really need to pay attention to the penetration level. The fewer cards the casino cuts off at the end of a shoe, the better.
The creed that Advantage Players hold dear.
Deathclutch's response cannot be emphasized too much.
Penetration and Bankroll are the keys to success.
It is better to play a game with BAD rules and GREAT penetration
than to play a game with GREAT rules and BAD penetration.
That is the creed that Advantage BJ Players hold dear.
The reference to bankroll is the other canon of our faith.
BJ is a game that REQUIRES a massive bankroll;
without which you are all but certain to go broke fairly often.
Deathclutch's response cannot be emphasized too much.
Penetration and Bankroll are the keys to success.
It is better to play a game with BAD rules and GREAT penetration
than to play a game with GREAT rules and BAD penetration.
That is the creed that Advantage BJ Players hold dear.
The reference to bankroll is the other canon of our faith.
BJ is a game that REQUIRES a massive bankroll;
without which you are all but certain to go broke fairly often.
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Krak3d said:
I'm a rookie, and I want to know what defines a good game. I'm looking mainly for shoe games. How do I know if a table's offering good/bad games. Please elaborate the acronyms, I'm still not familiar with most of them.
you can also look at the SCORE chart (using solely card counting) for these days games and see where your game stands. Dobra?
Nonsense.
For a player just starting out, penetration is meaningless. In fact, you want to play at a table with the worse penetration possible. The only time a beginner is not at a disadvantage is when the cards are being shuffled.
Why do you people insist on giving advantage play advice to complete newcomers?
Telling someone they need $20,000 before they sit at a blackjack table is a bad joke.
For a player just starting out, penetration is meaningless. In fact, you want to play at a table with the worse penetration possible. The only time a beginner is not at a disadvantage is when the cards are being shuffled.
Why do you people insist on giving advantage play advice to complete newcomers?
Telling someone they need $20,000 before they sit at a blackjack table is a bad joke.
I think it's far worse to encourage people to gamble at all, when they are decidedly NOT at an advantage. Losing a little slower or a little faster doesn't really matter much, if they're still losing. Why lose at all?
It's not unreasonable to think that, in this forum, the desire to play at an advantage is a safe assumption.
It's not unreasonable to think that, in this forum, the desire to play at an advantage is a safe assumption.
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In terms of pen or in terms of number of decks, or both? I generally don't find great pen in DD games in Vegas, and usually run into H17, but I will play 6D with 75%, and I have gotten as much as 85% in unlikely places like Paris. Last time I was at Planet Hollywood, the DD pen had gone to roughly 50%. I complained to the pit, and they said that's what they tell us to do. I told him that I had read that you have to deal enough cards to give the good cards a chance to come out. He just shrugged his shoulders.