Best blackjack odds in Vegas

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July 30th, 2010 at 8:35:01 AM permalink

teddys

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January 8th, 2012 at 1:06:35 PM permalink
Ibeatyouraces Member since: Jan 12, 2010 Threads: 18 Posts: 919	Was at El Cortez a few times a couple weeks ago an the SD BJ rules were: H17, BJ pays 3:2, DOA, NDAS, NRSA, split to 4 hands, no hitting split aces, no surrender, dealt face down from a shoe with no cut card but with "the rule of 6." "Shut up Meg." Peter Griffin, Family Guy

January 8th, 2012 at 2:25:38 PM permalink

FleaStiff

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Quote: teddys
Otherwise, what would we do all day?

Count to 42,000 while waiting for your Royal Flush or count to 6.5 while waiting for the point to be either won or lost. Or stare at the annunciator until Seven Red lights up because that has the most immediate repeats so we all bet on it immediately after it hits.

Or hitchhike to the other side of town in the hot sun so we could play blackjack at a .0001 percent better table so we can make more money and be able to afford the buffet there that is 22 percent worse.

January 8th, 2012 at 8:06:42 PM permalink

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Quote: FleaStiff
Count to 42,000 while waiting for your Royal Flush or count to 6.5 while waiting for the point to be either won or lost. Or stare at the annunciator until Seven Red lights up because that has the most immediate repeats so we all bet on it immediately after it hits.

Or hitchhike to the other side of town in the hot sun so we could play blackjack at a .0001 percent better table so we can make more money and be able to afford the buffet there that is 22 percent worse.

Don't have to count, dumbass. The rng sort of does that for you. They will come and kick your ass, not back to even, but AHEAD! Of course, winnig modest amounts of money and loving the doing of it is beneath your dignity. So, what do you do all day, moron? Lose your ass yelling at a craps table? PLUK-can't wait to hear how cool you must be. Tell us.

January 8th, 2012 at 8:08:04 PM permalink

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Quote: FleaStiff
Count to 42,000 while waiting for your Royal Flush or count to 6.5 while waiting for the point to be either won or lost. Or stare at the annunciator until Seven Red lights up because that has the most immediate repeats so we all bet on it immediately after it hits.

Or hitchhike to the other side of town in the hot sun so we could play blackjack at a .0001 percent better table so we can make more money and be able to afford the buffet there that is 22 percent worse.

How dare you refer to yourself as a "flea"! NO WAY! You're a high roller, baby.

February 9th, 2012 at 3:32:05 PM permalink
eastcoastguy Member since: Jan 29, 2012 Threads: 3 Posts: 7	Hello, Sorry if this question has been asked before, but at the single deck blackjack games at El Cortez, does the dealer take a peek at his hole card when a 10 or Ace is showing? Thanks!

February 9th, 2012 at 4:29:37 PM permalink

buzzpaff

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Quote: DorothyGale
Quote: pacomartin
The expected values in the Las Vegas Blackjack Survey seems to be wrong.

I wrote my own simulator in C++ a few years back to do blackjack analysis.

My most recent simulation of 1 deck, NDAS, NRSA, H17, DOA (standard game at El Cortez) was for 451,200,000 hands (dated 10-28-2009). For this number of hands, my simulation gave a house edge of 0.1802%.

Regarding the house edge, the Wizard states this disclaimer in his survey:

Quote: Wizard
The Current Blackjack Newsletter is the source, and may differ slightly from my Blackjack House Edge Calculator. It is not that one of us is right or wrong, but that blackjack is a difficult game to analyze, and differences in methodology can play a minor effect on the results. Both sets of figures are good enough, in my opinion.

I personally feel that a simulation of sufficiently many rounds, using basic strategy, is the most accurate method.

--Dorothy

I am math illiterate as MathExtremist and CrystalMath can attest to. But something bothers me about all these simulators or charts giving value for rule changes. How does one allow for the compounding effect. Double after splitting can not be the same value when you can only double on 10 or 11 versus any value. And vice versa. Or are the difference too small.

How long did it take to run that many hands, may I ask ?

Buzz Paff

February 9th, 2012 at 5:22:05 PM permalink
Ibeatyouraces Member since: Jan 12, 2010 Threads: 18 Posts: 919	Quote: eastcoastguy Hello, Sorry if this question has been asked before, but at the single deck blackjack games at El Cortez, does the dealer take a peek at his hole card when a 10 or Ace is showing? Thanks! With the embedded mirror yes. No manual peek. "Shut up Meg." Peter Griffin, Family Guy

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