Is this unusual?

jmp

Active Member
#1
So i played a session with the strategy trainer here on the site, and this is what i ended up with after 129 hands:

(Dead link: 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 :eek: Anyone else been this lucky, or is this extreme?

Jmp.
 

21forme

Well-Known Member
#2
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

Well-Known Member
#3
Positive end of normal variance

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

(Dead link: 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 :eek: 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

Active Member
#4
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

Well-Known Member
#5
jmp said:
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.

jmp said:
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? :laugh: 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

Active Member
#6
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.
 
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