Add any rule?

aslan

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#21
21forme said:
Which is why I wonder why more casinos don't offer LS. I've never seen anyone but an AP use it correctly.
Are you inferring that casino management has the capacity to act intelligently? Someone tells them that this rule adds this per cent and that's as far as it goes. They tailor the percent to where they want it, and that's that. In their defense, if ls was widespread, people might eventually learn how to use it and the casino would then be put in the unhappy position of once again taking away a rule favoring the player.
 
#22
neversplit5s said:
I once mentioned something along those lines somewhere else - a 5-card Charlie would dilute the effectiveness of traditional counting systems (although the most beneficial cards for Charlies are the "low-low" ones such as 2s and 3s along with the Aces, while the "high-low" ones such as 5s and 6s are still weak for the player and strong for the dealer).

Interestingly, the added house edge for a 5-card Charlie is just a few hundredths of a percent more than what is taken away with a 6:5 BJ payout (according to what the Wizard of Odds at the link three posts up says). I thought a good game that is still beatable but more challenging for those used to typical counting methods (and is still good for non-counters) would be a game with otherwise typical rules, but a 6:5 BJ payout and a 5-card Charlie rule instead. (Imagine that, a good 6:5 game!)
On the subject of Charlies, from what I found here there are times you should deviate from Basic Strategy to maximize your EV. Sometimes (especially with a 5-card Charlie or if you're one card away from an automatic winner) you'd want to make some plays that look really odd normally (such as in some cases not splitting aces or hitting a hard 17 or soft 21).
 

Sucker

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#24
zoomie said:
I believe I know what a cut card is, but how would the player cut by hand?
After shuffling, the dealer sets the deck down onto the table. The player picks up half the deck (or however much he wishes to cut), and sets those cards down NEXT to the uncut cards. The dealer then takes the UNCUT cards, puts them on TOP of the cards that the player just cut, burns a card; and deals the hand. Just like in the home games!
 

southAP

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#28
I would play with the hole card face up but not have those aweful rules of BJ pays 1:1, player having to take another card if both player and dealer have a 20, where a push is a loss. Yea... all those crappy rules.
 

Sucker

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#29
southAP said:
I would play with the hole card face up but not have those aweful rules of BJ pays 1:1, player having to take another card if both player and dealer have a 20, where a push is a loss. Yea... all those crappy rules.
This game is available in MANY places. You just have to know where to look. ;)
 

pit15

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#32
Sucker said:
But that's not a RULE. That's a SKILL, and the Griffin book is loaded with names and pictures of people who used to do exactly THAT. That's also the reason why the casinos no longer allow cutting by hand, but use a cut card. (How I miss the "drop" :sad:).

Since the cut card came in, I don't know of ANYONE who can do it with 100% accuracy.
You don't need to do it with 100% accuracy, there is something else you need to be able to do though.
 
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