Weak Dealers V's Good Pen

Which is Better?

  • Old Uk rules with sloppy dealers/Shuffles

    Votes: 3 42.9%

  • New UK rules with good pen

    Votes: 4 57.1%
  • Total voters
    7
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jay28

Well-Known Member
I played at two UK casino's this weekend both had good BJ games but for different reasons.

Both 6D, DAS, NS, no hole card

Casino 1
Old UK Rules - double only 9,10,11 only no splitting 4's,5's or 10's
with 70-75% Pen, weak shuffles and new sloppy dealers (lots of errors and shuffles to easily take advanage of)

OR

Casino 2
NEW Uk Rules - double any 2 cards, Split any pair (10's same rank only)
with 80-85% Pen. Experiences dealers and complex shuffles.

I found both games to be profitable but which is the better?
 
Weakness!

You can pull much more of an advantage from weak shuffles and dealers.

This is worth much more than being able to double soft hands & splitting 4's & 5's.
 
As long as you can spot the mistakes that will cost you, weak dealers can add huge EV. Consider that if you are making 2 units an hour, a single error on a minimum bet just gave you 30 minutes of "work" for free. And if the dealer made a error on a max bet... :grin::grin::grin:
 
Question for the shuffle trackers.

Question for the shuffle trackers. At what point does a crowded table (5,6,7 players) dilute away the advantage of shuffle tracking. If one had tracked, and successfully brought to the front, a slug containing say 15 pictures/aces, with a full table after just one round the advantage would have disolved and the running count would be around -15. Time to walk away. But playing heads up you could be getting 3-4 hands out of it before leaving?

A game I played not so long ago the running count went to +18, and eventually a huge block of face cards put in an appearance over three hands. I didn't win a single hand, although half of the other six players at the table cleaned up. One kid walked up to the table, threw a £25.00 chip into the box and pulled a BJ. I thought "smart kid", must be keeping a close eye on things. Then he took his winnings over to the roulette wheel . . . .

:-)


Newb99
 
newb99 said:
Question for the shuffle trackers. At what point does a crowded table (5,6,7 players) dilute away the advantage of shuffle tracking. If one had tracked, and successfully brought to the front, a slug containing say 15 pictures/aces, with a full table after just one round the advantage would have disolved and the running count would be around -15. Time to walk away. But playing heads up you could be getting 3-4 hands out of it before leaving?

A game I played not so long ago the running count went to +18, and eventually a huge block of face cards put in an appearance over three hands. I didn't win a single hand, although half of the other six players at the table cleaned up. One kid walked up to the table, threw a £25.00 chip into the box and pulled a BJ. I thought "smart kid", must be keeping a close eye on things. Then he took his winnings over to the roulette wheel . . . .

:-)


Newb99
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I basically divide the amount of high cards in the slug by the amount of hands being played to give me a rough idea of how good the slug is going to be for me.
As with counting the fewer the players the better. Try picking up a card sequence after spotting a slug, this gives an extra guarantee that you've hit the slug. Playing extra spots gets you a higher percentage of the money cards. Also remember to make BS changes as you would during high counts.

Good luck!
 
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