Recent content by DoubleDown27

Pro21, what do you mean by "Banking the Games"?

It seems more and more States are adopting antes in Blackjack. I heard California card rooms now play blackjack with a $1 ante for bets under $25 and $2 antes with bets over $25. Indian casinos in Oklahoma are requiring a 50 cent antes per hand on $5 minimum games and casinos run by charities...

Beat This Game! I made a slight typo in the rules. They DO allow splitting Aces, but you only get one card. I don't suppose this makes much of a difference in whether or not this game can be beat.

These are the rules that were posted: 1. 8 decks 2. Blackjack pays 3-2 3. Dealer Hits Soft 17 4. Double on 10-11 Only 5. Player cannot split Aces 6. Player cannot hit split Aces 7. No Late Surrender 8. Player can split any two cards 9. Ties are a Push I also noticed that the dealer...

Thanks for responding, but as a Player if my advantage is diminished or eliminated because my max bet is limited to only $10 during favorable conditions, then wouldn't it be correct to say that I have less chance of walking away a winner?? And if that statement is correct, wouldn't it be also...

I know that the House Advantage for a $5 minimum / $500 maximum bet (100 times minimum) is somewhere between 1% and 5%, depending upon the rules governing how players can play specific hands. I recently went to a Charity Poker Room where the minimum bet was $2, but the maximum bet was $10. I...