Recent content by mikeS

Oh yeah, I would love to have 5 card charlie. A low count would never look so good.

a fun and purely theoretical thread: if you could add any rule to a BJ game to give the player an edge what would it be? Don't say something ridiculous like every losing hand is a push, or all winning hands pay 3:2. I would personally want the option to "triple down" instead of double down.

Count = HiLo Previous Pen = 4.5 / 6 Rules = H17, DAS, NS I think a great deal of the benefit will come from the LL side bet, which at a high enough count has a huge Player Advantage.

At a 6D table with mediocre rules, and the lucky ladies SB with the good paytable would it be worthwhile paying $5 / shoe for 5/6 Pen while betting 5 - 80? Assume no heat and playing with one other player at the table.

Assuming no heat, what is the EV of taking everyone's insurance bets at a full table with everyone betting $10? Let's also say that we only do it when the TC is 1 higher than would typically be required to accept insurance.

Does anybody know, or willing to sim, the probability of winning a single hand of blackjack using basic strategy?

Thanks for the responses. I play pretty low stakes (red), unless I dedicate more money to my bankroll between now and my trip, so I doubt getting 'griffened' will be an issue. As for Illinois, thanks for the offer CP but I won't be going east past ND, and the trip isn't until March anyway.

Yeah that's what I was worried about. Do they typically flyer you on the first time you are caught at their casino? How far away do they flyer you? Thanks for the help.

I will be taking a road trip through the Northern / Midwestern states (Michigan, North Dakota, Montana, Idaho, and Washington) and will no doubt be encountering some bad - but beatable - games that I will never play again. I plan on playing these games using a ridiculous and obvious spread...

Why is it that (regardless of whether you count or not) that single deck is so much less advantageous for the house compared to a six-deck game? Same initial composition, so what am I missing that makes single-deck better for the player? Thanks.