Single Deck or 6 deck?

[dj56]

Im practicing up and was wondering if it is smarter to play at a single deck table or a shoe table with 6 decks?

 

[creeping panther]

Dj

Im practicing up and was wondering if it is smarter to play at a single deck table or a shoe table with 6 decks?

Usually 1D depending on rules, practices.

CP

 

[dj56]

That's what I thought that single deck was better

 

[Blue Efficacy]

I'm going to go and say the 6d is probably better, the 1D is probably 6:5

 

[dj56]

Yes the single deck is 6:5 and 6d is 3:2 also on single deck can only double on 11.

 

[itakeyourmoney]

I'm going to go and say the 6d is probably better, the 1D is probably 6:5

If the rules are the same you should always go with fewer decks, but most of the time the fewer decks you're playing the worse the conditions (like how Blue mentions blackjack paying 6:5).

 

[johndoe]

Yes the single deck is 6:5 and 6d is 3:2 also on single deck can only double on 11.

The shoe game is infinitely better. I doubt this SD can even be beaten.

 

[sagefr0g]

you can put the rules into the basic strategy engine on this site and see how the house edge compares for various games:
http://www.blackjackinfo.com/bjbse.php?numdecks=1+deck&soft17=s17&dbl=all&das=yes&surr=ns&peek=yes
http://www.blackjackinfo.com/bjbse.php?numdecks=6+decks&soft17=s17&dbl=all&das=yes&surr=ns&peek=yes
thing is it doesn't give an option for 6:5 games....
but according to this link a 6:5 game adds a substantial 1.39% to the house edge http://www.blackjackinfo.com/no6to5.php

you could use software like k_c's tdca shown in the images below....

or you could use charts that tell how rule change the edge....

 

[dj56]

Where did u get software like that?

 

[sagefr0g]

Where did u get software like that?

a poster on this site, k_c
http://www.blackjackinfo.com/bb/showpost.php?p=75544&postcount=1

 

[moo321]

Yes the single deck is 6:5 and 6d is 3:2 also on single deck can only double on 11.

Lol, 6:5 only double on eleven?! Yeah, you probably can't beat that without a 100-1 spread.

 

[bj bob]

Wow!

Lol, 6:5 only double on eleven?! Yeah, you probably can't beat that without a 100-1 spread.

Off the top of my head that looks like a ~2.25% HA. Sounds like something HET would consider. It's probably H17 to boot.

 

[dj56]

Yea that single deck seemed kind of lop-sided rules. Are there casinos in vegas that have single deck 3:2 blackjack?

 

[itakeyourmoney]

hard to count with 6

6 decks isn't hard to count. Harder than one deck, but I still wouldn't say it's hard.

 

[Blue Efficacy]

Yea that single deck seemed kind of lop-sided rules. Are there casinos in vegas that have single deck 3:2 blackjack?

A few. And good luck not getting barred from these places.

 

[moo321]

Yea that single deck seemed kind of lop-sided rules. Are there casinos in vegas that have single deck 3:2 blackjack?

Downtown.

 

[dj56]

My parents are taking me and my fiancé as kind of a late bday present because we have never been we are going mid October and staying at Caesars. So none of the big time ones on the strip offer good rules? I'd have to go to the older ones to find a good game

 

[Thunder]

You can find some good games on the strip but they are rare and most require $25 min bets.

 

[Cardcounter]

Most liberal 6:5 vs tightest 3:2!

The tightest 3:2 game is better than the losest 6:5 game.
I went into wizard of odds and I typed in an 8 deck game where you could only split once, dealer hit on soft 17, you could not double after a split, and blackjack paid 3:2 house edge with basic stragedy 1.12%. That is unrealsistically bad rules.

Than I typed in a one deck game with double any two, double after a split, stay on soft 17, split up too four times including aces, draw too split aces allowed,
blackjack pays $120 for $100 bet or 6:5. House edge 1.17% and those are unrealistically good rules for a 6:5 game.