One Hand vs. Two Hands

When playing counts with a +EV, how would playing one hand (at let's say $100) differ from playing two hands (of $50)?

Quote: Wanderer

When playing counts with a +EV, how would playing one hand (at let's say $100) differ from playing two hands (of $50)?

Your value/ round is the same. Overall EV drops because there will be fewer rounds until the shuffle.

Quote: Wanderer

When playing counts with a +EV, how would playing one hand (at let's say $100) differ from playing two hands (of $50)?

Playing 2 hands is +EV if you appropriate your betting amount. If you're playing 1 hand of $100, you would need to play 1.5 over two hands, so two hands of $75. In Wong's book he suggests not spreading past 2 hands, but I've heard more than one story of big player teams/etc playing a lot more than 2 spots. At the end of the day, as long as you have the bankroll for such spread/action... what are you doing? You're putting out more money in a positive expectation situation. i.e. +EV

In fact, on my most recent trip the count was great... but I noticed in 4 decks (out of 6) I'm pretty sure I only saw maybe 2 aces. So the deck was ace heavy, so I spread to a 3rd spot to try to pick up the aces as well. 100% truth be told, I hit a blackjack on one of my 3 hands for the remaining 2 decks, with max bets out =D.

WBGamble kind of has a point... If you look down and see the cut card so you only have one deal left, then of course you'd want to spread to two hands. Now if you look down and see you have 2-3 deals left, then you might cut a round off by spreading more hands. However, I personally would rather spread the two hands now because I don't know what the count will be next hand. Let's say you save 1 more round, but the RC tanks this round and next round it isn't even positive anymore... What good did it do you to save that extra round?

Again, I personally have it worked in to my spread that at TC >= +2 I'm playing 2 hands the rest of the way up my spread. I'm also a part time player so I'm not sure how much heat this would bring a full time professional, but I would assume going to two hands wouldn't be that hard to do/pull off. I've mentioned in prior posts about why I like spreading to two hands at +2, because often at this point you're 'doubling' your bet then betting 2 spots... and most casino's make you bet double the table min when going to two spots ;).