I am a relative newbie here so please forgive me if this has been discussed before.
Let's assume that you are playing a game of blackjack where the dealer deals all cards face up, including his own.
Obviously there would be changes in playing strategy, some of them drastic.
If the dealer shows a 20 and you have a 19 you would hit that 19!
Since none of the dealer's cards would be hole cards, you evaluate the dealer hand in its entirety and with total accuracy. So you know if the dealer has a pat hand, a stiff, or a non-stiff hand of varying quality.
Insurance would not be allowed of course!
Assuming it's a six-deck game and you can double down with any cards and can split but not resplit and can double down after a split and can split aces but only get one card on each ace and surrender is allowed ..... whew .....
What would be the player's advantage in such a game?
Also .....
What happens if the rules were identical to those I have described above except that the dealer wins all ties (pushes).
Would the player still have an edge?
Let's assume that you are playing a game of blackjack where the dealer deals all cards face up, including his own.
Obviously there would be changes in playing strategy, some of them drastic.
If the dealer shows a 20 and you have a 19 you would hit that 19!
Since none of the dealer's cards would be hole cards, you evaluate the dealer hand in its entirety and with total accuracy. So you know if the dealer has a pat hand, a stiff, or a non-stiff hand of varying quality.
Insurance would not be allowed of course!
Assuming it's a six-deck game and you can double down with any cards and can split but not resplit and can double down after a split and can split aces but only get one card on each ace and surrender is allowed ..... whew .....
What would be the player's advantage in such a game?
Also .....
What happens if the rules were identical to those I have described above except that the dealer wins all ties (pushes).
Would the player still have an edge?