Playing Multiple Hands

Is there any rule that states that if one player is playing multiple hands at a table that wager on each spot be the same? Once in a while, at our charitable games, a player might have the opportunity to play 2 spots, maybe even 3 (rare). If they are not equal, does this post any benefit to the house or player?

A few years ago, our BJ boss would allow it, but told the players that all the bets had to be equal plus, they also had to be the maximum (at the time $5). Thoughts? thanks.

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No benefit in your game. In other BJ games there can be advantages worth noting, but those are marginal AP plays, nothing a shoe based take ties game needs to worry about.

Most places do not allow people to play multiple hands unless they are playing both above the minimum (normally double the min in my experience). With the limits in your game I would keep that they need to be playing max and there needs to be no one waiting. if someone is waiting they should drop to one hand and I would allow them to play double the table max (but if that would cause consterntion I can see not doing it).

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Is there any rule that states that if one player is playing multiple hands at a table that wager on each spot be the same? Once in a while, at our charitable games, a player might have the opportunity to play 2 spots, maybe even 3 (rare). If they are not equal, does this post any benefit to the house or player?

A few years ago, our BJ boss would allow it, but told the players that all the bets had to be equal plus, they also had to be the maximum (at the time $5). Thoughts? thanks.

I once saw a rule, which was abrogated within a couple months and may have been created as the result of a veteran dealer's error in the interpretation of procedure, that a player jumping to a second hand in a no mid-shoe entry game, must bet the minimum on the second hand.
There is no benefit to either the house or the player by betting the same or different amounts. However, in regular casinos, sometimes a minimum bettor wishes to play multiple hands. Jumping from one to two hands also upsets superstitious people, and others may be less inclined to play. Overall, it can be more profitable for this seat to remain open for a potentially larger bettor, and so they sometimes require two hands to each be at 2x the minimum. These should not be serious issues in a charitable game; if you are not at full capacity, I would think they should be allowed to play as many hands and bet as much as they want.

In WA state, the typical rule is 2x table min for two hands, 5x table min for three+ hands, and all bets must be equal.

Last time I was in Vegas, I saw a player betting two $5 hands on a $10-min table without any problem. How that was allowed, I don't know, but I wasn't playing at the table so I didn't stick my nose in it. Maybe the player was grandfathered from an earlier $5-min.

If you're counting and the shoe is somewhat ace rich, you can bet more hands to steal a blackjack.