Always playing two hands better?

[SleightOfHand]

Recently I played a few casinos where they had a rule against switching to multiple hands. If you started with two or three hands, fine, but if you started with one hand you had to stick with one hand. Seems like some casinos are wising up to playing multiple hands in positive counts.

I've tried playing from the start with two hands, but before you hit a positive count, it can be disastrous. I haven't simmed it, but instinct tells me its not the way to go (someone please verify). If you can wong in, that's the time to play two or three hands, but be ready to leave Dodge quickly after the positive run is done.

What about starting with 2 hands and dropping to 1 if it goes neg? Since you cant play 2 hands if you start with 1 anyway, at least you are gonna get a little bonus when you hit a streak of small cards and are able to play 2 hands for the whole shoe

 

[aslan]

What about starting with 2 hands and dropping to 1 if it goes neg? Since you cant play 2 hands if you start with 1 anyway, at least you are gonna get a little bonus when you hit a streak of small cards and are able to play 2 hands for the whole shoe

It didn't come up but I think the answer is you must play the number of hands you started with, else quit. So you would have the opportunity to wong out, but not to drop to one hand.