8 deck S17 game with one deck cut off or 6 S17 deck game with 1 deck cut off. I can hear Automatic Monkey screaming penetration, penetration, penetration but after my last trip, I'm pretty convinced that distribution plays a bigger role than one might think. I have a hard time believing the advantage when the count is good is just .02% for 6 decks vs 8 decks after noticing that over many hours of play, I seem to do better at the 6 deck games.
Which would you take
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The percentage number, that we all always refer to is really not what is important. What is important is the number of unseen cards before the shuffle. Fewer is better. In this case 87.5% is not better than 83.3%. They both cut off one deck or 52 cards and the games will be similar. Since all things appear equal, the edge goes to 6 decks because the HE is slightly lower on 6 decks. (.03)
A more interesting comparison would be 6 decks, 2 cut off vs 8 decks 2 cut off. 6 decks 66.6% pen vs 8 decks 75% pen. It would first appear that the 8 deck game is better, but again the games are basically even with 104 cards cut or unseen, so advantage to 6 decks because of lower house edge.
A more interesting comparison would be 6 decks, 2 cut off vs 8 decks 2 cut off. 6 decks 66.6% pen vs 8 decks 75% pen. It would first appear that the 8 deck game is better, but again the games are basically even with 104 cards cut or unseen, so advantage to 6 decks because of lower house edge.
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