Question regarding an online casino's rules

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philgreg

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Hey guys, first post here :)

Just looking to get into Blackjack, and just want to get some advice. I'm planning on perfecting my Basic Strategy online first, and then moving on to real casinos. Naturally, I'm trying to find a casino with as low a house advantage as possible, and I found a decent one (pretty good rules, Blackjack pays 3:2, dealer stands on 17 etc) but there were a couple of rules that I was unsure of the impact on house advantage of:

1. No splitting of aces
2. double down on 8,9,10 and 11 (though I presume this is a good thing, everywhere else seems to double down on either 9,10 and 11 or 10 and 11)?
3. suited blackjack pays 2:1 and 5 card blackjack pays 2:1 (again, I'm assuming this is a good thing though)

If anybody more clued up than me could shed some light on how these rules will affect house advantage it'd be greatly appreciated :)

Casino that I'm referring to can be found here (top link):

http://www.casinoscompared.co.uk/blackjack_bestplace.asp
 
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philgreg

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Just had a look at the link, what makes that one "the best"? No DAS, dealer hits soft 17... Is there something I'm not seeing? Most likely :laugh:
 
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philgreg

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My link is also single deck, but has the advantage of DAS and dealer stands on all 17s.

I suppose what I'm asking is: on my original link, there's no splitting of aces whatsoever. How does this impact house advantage? Enough to counterbalance the other rules the majority of which are in the players favour?
 
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Kasi

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philgreg said:
My link is also single deck, but has the advantage of DAS and dealer stands on all 17s.

I suppose what I'm asking is: on my original link, there's no splitting of aces whatsoever. How does this impact house advantage? Enough to counterbalance the other rules the majority of which are in the players favour?
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Well if you are "planning on perfecting my Basic Strategy online first, and then moving on to real casinos" that's OK I guess but keep in mind the BS for every game mentioned is different for each and none of them exist in real life anyway. No to mention, it's on-line so why not play with a BS card right in front of you?

Why not practice your BS for free with an on-line trainer that will tell you when you do make a mistake in a game close to what you plan on playing in real life? Like, in your link, soft-doubling is not allowed so that is something to practice but in that game you will never have a chance to.

I could be wrong and I know your link began with "single-deck" but I sort of thought Betfair's game was 8D. It's probably more like the suited 2-1 BJ's offset the basic house edge and the no splitting of aces, combined with no soft-doubling, 8 decks, no re-splitting of pairs, offset the 5-card 21 benefit.

The BS in your link is wrong too, not just because it shows doubling soft-hands, but also becasue sometimes one would hit a 4-card total for the chance of getting the 5-card pay-off.

You didn't miss too much in the micro classic game - the link says "hit soft 17" but I believe that's a misprint. The dealer stood on A-6 in that game I believe. The other really good thing it did was allow re-hitting to split Aces which helped offset the "no-hole-card", no DAS and and D9 rules.

There's probably alot of places you can fnd the effect of a bunch of rule variations - just be a little careful when you do you know what the baseline game is.

And then find the right BS for that game with all its rules lol.

That Intercasino (Crypto) SD game was absolutely great rule-wise. It had a $25 min back then but even a cheap-ass like me couldn't resist the HA lol.

And, as you can see, don't believe everything you read lol.
 
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