Arizona BlackJack

Couple questions, I’ve been a long time lurker of these forums as well as all the information provided.

Have been playing blackjack for a number a years, my recent experience has been at one of the new table game casinos in Phoenix.

They are 8 deck shoes, you can surrender first 2 cards, 1 burn, the biggest difference I have noticed is they allow you to play 3 hands at table minimum.

My long time gambling buddy and I have been going the last couple days and each playing 2 handed and pressing on wins. We have yet to experience any major losses, we chop pot. First night it was 500 each last night 1000 each. Are the probabilities more favorable over the house since we are playing 2 hands each is there a higher advantage over the house playing 3 handed a piece? Although, I am very familiar with math and has always been a strong suit of mine, I’m not sure how I would calculate the difference of 3 to 2 hands.

Quote: Brendo81

Couple questions, I’ve been a long time lurker of these forums as well as all the information provided.

Have been playing blackjack for a number a years, my recent experience has been at one of the new table game casinos in Phoenix.

They are 8 deck shoes, you can surrender first 2 cards, 1 burn, the biggest difference I have noticed is they allow you to play 3 hands at table minimum.

My long time gambling buddy and I have been going the last couple days and each playing 2 handed and pressing on wins. We have yet to experience any major losses, we chop pot. First night it was 500 each last night 1000 each. Are the probabilities more favorable over the house since we are playing 2 hands each is there a higher advantage over the house playing 3 handed a piece? Although, I am very familiar with math and has always been a strong suit of mine, I’m not sure how I would calculate the difference of 3 to 2 hands.

All hands come with the same house advantage. In the long run you'll lose.

The interesting thing is that a casino that's been open less than 2 weeks allowingv3 hands at table minimum. Tells me they aren't near as busy as they should be. You don't lock up 3 seats at $10 each if there are other players wanting to play.


ZCore13

The interesting thing is they are packed, couldn’t even park valet last night. But I could see us getting a spout of losses we sit between a 15/25 starting bet and press a whole unit contingent on winning both hands. We run a bankroll of around 3500, so the risk of ruin is minimal. But if we are playing 3 handed 1 unit bets win all 3 hands press 1 unit, win all 3, press 1 unit win all 3, and go back down to 1. That’s a total of 18 units in 3 wins

Quote: Brendo81

The interesting thing is they are packed, couldn’t even park valet last night. But I could see us getting a spout of losses we sit between a 15/25 starting bet and press a whole unit contingent on winning both hands. We run a bankroll of around 3500, so the risk of ruin is minimal. But if we are playing 3 handed 1 unit bets win all 3 hands press 1 unit, win all 3, press 1 unit win all 3, and go back down to 1. That’s a total of 18 units in 3 wins

And when you play 3 handed 1 unit bet lose all 3 hands press 1 unit, lose all 3, press 1 unit, lose all 3, and go back down to 1. That's a total of 18 units in 3 losses

If you're just playing basic strategy the extra hands don't make much difference. There is co-variance involved with them, but to do very simple math to understand what's happening basically just treat the 3 hands you play, or 2 hands, like 2 separate hands... as if you were to play 1 hand of blackjack, then the dealer sweeps the cards then you play another. That's "about" the same as playing 2 hands in 1 round.

No offense, sounds like you and your friend got lucky a couple times (which is completely plausible) so please don't quit your day jobs or give it all back! =)