Blackjack

[Valuist]

Any BJ players out there? For anyone thinking of learning card counting, I strongly recommend the Casino Verite software. Great way to practice without having to pay financial dues in a real casino.

[wiffleball whizz]

Originally Posted by Valuist

Any BJ players out there? For anyone thinking of learning card counting, I strongly recommend the Casino Verite software. Great way to practice without having to pay financial dues in a real casino.

I'll get more into this later but card counting is irrelevant.....8 decks where they bury 70-90 cards makes it pointless...

Worst game in the planet....people say the casino edge is .07 percent.....my ass...if I break then you break I lose,...it's a 12 percent hold game to say the least...

And another bj move nobody really Knows about is your supposed to split 8s against a 10......I wouldn't do that for a million dollars

I'm in the poker department so I don't deal blackjack but everytime im walking past bj tables the dealer always got a 10 up....always playing defense....

Then there is the "pulling cards from thd sky" factor....where the dealer pulls cards from outer space to win the hand

[lamboguy]

Originally Posted by wiffleball whizz

I'll get more into this later but card counting is irrelevant.....8 decks where they bury 70-90 cards makes it pointless...

Worst game in the planet....people say the casino edge is .07 percent.....my ass...if I break then you break I lose,...it's a 12 percent hold game to say the least...

And another bj move nobody really Knows about is your supposed to split 8s against a 10......I wouldn't do that for a million dollars

I'm in the poker department so I don't deal blackjack but everytime im walking past bj tables the dealer always got a 10 up....always playing defense....

Then there is the "pulling cards from thd sky" factor....where the dealer pulls cards from outer space to win the hand

i agree with this, everyone always claimed if you were a good BJ player the house only had 2% edge, but i always thought it was more, if it really was only 2 % they wouldn't have so many blackjack tables in those joints. the only edges i ever found in casinos was horse racing when the house booked it. i was out in the dessert betting them and got thrown out of every place when i was out there. i also had a few winning seasons betting hockey in the mid 1970's, but once you beat them they cut you back. gambling against the house is always a tough go no matter what game you play.

[thaskalos]

Originally Posted by wiffleball whizz

I'll get more into this later but card counting is irrelevant.....8 decks where they bury 70-90 cards makes it pointless...

Worst game in the planet....people say the casino edge is .07 percent.....my ass...if I break then you break I lose,...it's a 12 percent hold game to say the least...

And another bj move nobody really Knows about is your supposed to split 8s against a 10......I wouldn't do that for a million dollars

I'm in the poker department so I don't deal blackjack but everytime im walking past bj tables the dealer always got a 10 up....always playing defense....

Then there is the "pulling cards from thd sky" factor....where the dealer pulls cards from outer space to win the hand

Come on, Whizz...get serious.

I can play practically even with the house with a simplified card-counting system that I can teach you in one day...or a half-hour if you can keep from fantasizing about horses for at least that long...

Blackjack is far from the "worst game on the planet"...and yes, you SHOULD split the eights against the dealer's 10...unless, of course, your survival depends on the outcome of this particular hand.

[Valuist]

Agree with Thask. When the count doesn't factor into play, ALWAYS split aces and eights.

While there's bad places to play BJ, they all aren't bad. The 8 decks isn't as important as how far the penetration goes.

Lambo- the house edge is MUCH less than 2%. If you are playing correct basic strategy, the house edge is one half of one percent.

[wiffleball whizz]

Originally Posted by thaskalos

Come on, Whizz...get serious.

I can play practically even with the house with a simplified card-counting system that I can teach you in one day...or a half-hour if you can keep from fantasizing about horses for at least that long...

Blackjack is far from the "worst game on the planet"...and yes, you SHOULD split the eights against the dealer's 10...unless, of course, your survival depends on the outcome of this particular hand.

Thask your crazy!!!!!!!!! It's the worst game in the house

Lamboguy is correct there are tons of bj tables for a reason....you can't play perfect and be close to even percentages...you can of they don't bury 70-90 cards.....you just can't

And baccarat being another low house edge game is bullshit....nobody wins in the game......I play and they stick me in a hole I always gotta get out of

Dice is prob the best game in the casino.....On the opening roll if a 12 don't pop there is no edge in dice....and I can overcome a 12 either way 36/1 coming out if you play boxes and hards then they will have a edge

But all those shows you see on tv that bj is a tiny house edge is bullshit lies....its a 12 percent game and that's a low number

Just think if you bust then the dealer busts you still lose....this happens too many times over 100 hands

[proximity]

whizz could surrender that 16 up here at pen and start a harness show parlay with the remaining $7.50...

[Saratoga_Mike]

Originally Posted by wiffleball whizz

Thask your crazy!!!!!!!!! It's the worst game in the house
Lamboguy is correct there are tons of bj tables for a reason....you can't play perfect and be close to even percentages...you can of they don't bury 70-90 cards.....you just can't

And baccarat being another low house edge game is bullshit....nobody wins in the game......I play and they stick me in a hole I always gotta get out of

Dice is prob the best game in the casino.....On the opening roll if a 12 don't pop there is no edge in dice....and I can overcome a 12 either way 36/1 coming out if you play boxes and hards then they will have a edge

But all those shows you see on tv that bj is a tiny house edge is bullshit lies....its a 12 percent game and that's a low number

Just think if you bust then the dealer busts you still lose....this happens too many times over 100 hands

No, he's right. Dice is the best game? You really need to study probabilities. And there are plenty of places to play double and even single deck blackjack - Tunica, MS, comes to mind.

[wiffleball whizz]

Originally Posted by proximity

whizz could surrender that 16 up here at pen and start a harness show parlay with the remaining $7.50...

In Foxwoods I surrendered like a moron all the time....15 against a 10 also 16 vs a 7

[wiffleball whizz]

Originally Posted by Saratoga_Mike

No, he's right. Dice is the best game? You really need to study probabilities. And there are plenty of places to play double and even single deck blackjack - Tunica, MS, comes to mind.

You guys can come over my house for casino night any time you want...."for fun only" I will have the best booze and anything else you want here....

Please please spare me the bj is a fair game speech.....it's only good if they don't bury the deck

[traynor]

Originally Posted by wiffleball whizz

You guys can come over my house for casino night any time you want...."for fun only" I will have the best booze and anything else you want here....

Please please spare me the bj is a fair game speech.....it's only good if they don't bury the deck

With all the "advice" flying by (at least I think it is supposed to be advice), one wonders if anyone actually plays blackjack seriously, or whether their experience is all from reading and playing a few hands occasionally.

For starters, how many understand that "basic strategy" (and the associated disadvantages/advantages) is optimal ONLY until the first card is dealt? "Playing basic strategy" is not something that can be done on a long-term basis with the same percentages--yet pretty much everyone pretends that it is. Including the "gurus" who admonish the wannabes to "revert to basic strategy" whenever they lose the count. Or--even more foolishly--to sit down in the middle of a shoe and regard the cards that have gone before as "undealt"--because, after all, one has not seen them, so one should pretend they remain in play.

Blackjack is a great game, and can be profitable.

[thaskalos]

Originally Posted by traynor

With all the "advice" flying by (at least I think it is supposed to be advice), one wonders if anyone actually plays blackjack seriously, or whether their experience is all from reading and playing a few hands occasionally.

For starters, how many understand that "basic strategy" (and the associated disadvantages/advantages) is optimal ONLY until the first card is dealt? "Playing basic strategy" is not something that can be done on a long-term basis with the same percentages--yet pretty much everyone pretends that it is. Including the "gurus" who admonish the wannabes to "revert to basic strategy" whenever they lose the count. Or--even more foolishly--to sit down in the middle of a shoe and regard the cards that have gone before as "undealt"--because, after all, one has not seen them, so one should pretend they remain in play.

Blackjack is a great game, and can be profitable.

Would you consider James Grosjean a serious player...or is he just a "guru"?

[Saratoga_Mike]

Originally Posted by wiffleball whizz

You guys can come over my house for casino night any time you want...."for fun only" I will have the best booze and anything else you want here....

Please please spare me the bj is a fair game speech.....it's only good if they don't bury the deck

Deal me double deck and I'll use a basic 10s and others counting strategy - over the course of time, you will go broke.

[Valuist]

Here's the truth on blackjack and the house advantage:

http://wizardofodds.com/games/blackjack/calculator/

As for why there's so many tables, its because blackjack is a game everybody knows. Its about the simplest table game to play.

[wiffleball whizz]

Originally Posted by Saratoga_Mike

Deal me double deck and I'll use a basic 10s and others counting strategy - over the course of time, you will go broke.

Come on over!!!!!!!! And I'm burying 23 of the 104 cards