Recent content by aka23

With a fixed wagering requirement, house edge per wager is relevant, rather than house edge per initial bet. For 3CP ante & play with Gala rules, this is 2.01%, so the average loss during wagering is £100*2.01%. I would suggest skipping the pair plus entirely (no combined bet) due to the higher...

Thanks for the links. They were interesting reading, but I don't think it's what I was looking for. I'm asking about two different events. The first one is the chance of reaching a target gain with a limited bankroll. There are several existing formulas to do this, but the ones I have seen...

I'm familiar with Don Schlesigner's risk of ruin formulas and have found them to work quite well. However, there are some related values I'd like to check, for which I have not been able to work out a formula. I'd like to know the chance of being above a target gain after playing a fixed...

By no resplits, I meant that you can split any pair only once to make a maximum of two hands. I knew it was more than +0.06%, but +0.116% is significantly higher than I'd expect. It's an online game... VueTec standard blackjack.

If you double/split and the dealer gets a BJ, you lose your full bet.

I believe this game has a player edge of over 0.06%. However, I haven't seen a game with rules like this before, so I am not confident about an exact number. Does anyone one know the player edge or house edge for a game with the following rules? --6 decks, shuffled after each hand --Dealer...

I've seen few statistics about pontoon. Even basic information like standard deviation per hand does not seem to be available. Does anyone have stats like this for pontoon? Does anyone know of a pontoon simulator, or a blackjack simulator with very flexible rules (dealer wins ties, 5 card...

The optimal way to play the 2 raises is to raise when the chance of winning the hand is greater than the chance of losing the hand. If you know one or both of the dealer cards, then the win/loss calculation becomes more simple and more precise.

You (and Fred) are oversimplifying things. Double 10 vs 10 is not an even money bet. If the dealer gets a low card, he'll draw again and may get a better hand. If you double and get a low card, you can't draw again. There are also some issues related to the dealer peek. You have a different...

Persons in my country cannot play there in real mode. The game payouts appear near expected levels in practice mode. There are two VP games with the software that appear to payout over 100%. These are the only two games that don't offer multi-hand varities, and these are the two that are...

I list strategies for 13 varieties of video poker at http://www.beatingbonuses.com/vp.htm, as well as the payout of online games with most softwares. The highest payout I've seen is online is 109.27% on Deuces Wild at Casino Lobby (small software group, not well tested by players).

I make a few trips to B&M casinos per year where I count and gamble recreationally. My online gain mostly relates to bonus play, rather than counting.

Last year, there was an incident where the Vegas Partner Lounge group of casinos sent out an email to all players giving blackjack tips including: "Always take a card on 16 or lower because you can't win unless the dealer goes bust." After players complained on Casinomeister, they changed it...

Where did you see basic strategy saying Hit 13 vs 2 or Double A/5 vs 3?

My net win online is in the high 5-figure range (just over 1 year of playing). My net win in B&M casinos is in the 4-figure range. I've never played like an "average ploppie." I memorized BJ strategy tables before my first trip to Vegas where I first played the game.