Recent content by tobe1

Naturals early I Do agree that it is easier to get naturals earlier in a single deck game. For counting purposes I agree, play the single deck game. There are only 32 blackjacks possible in and 8 deck game. I can't see how they would be less likely to occur in an 8deck game with the same...

I am not forgetting that. For my arguement, the deck would be ran to completion. Upon recieving the last card, the deck would be reshuffled the first card off the deck would continue the hand if it was not finished. I am not worried about profitability or stopping card counters, just the...

What I acknowledge. I agree with the formula for the first hand dealt. It is fairly obvious that in the first hand dealt, the probability of a blackjack is better with a smaller deck. What is not as obvious is what occurs in the hands in the future. There are four cases for the first hand...

Frequency of blackjacks I am the "friend" referenced in the top post. The question I have is does the frequency of blackjacks decrease as the number of decks increase? I understand that if you deal one random hand of bj from 1 deck, the probability of blackjack is 4.83%; the 8 deck...