Panamanian Blackjack
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Quote: WizardofEnglandWhat does R denote in the table?
I'm assuming surrender
Quote: WizardofEnglandWhat does R denote in the table?
Good catch. It stands for surrender.
Quote: WizardHere is a preview of my new page on Panamanian blackjack. I welcome any corrections, questions, and comments.
I don' t know what audience you think you might have for this page. Certainly those who are actually in Panama or frequently travel there would be very interested but someone who plays blackjack in Las Vegas and just lands upon the page by pure happenstance might be interested in a quick summary of the Strategy Adjustments that are required rather than having to look at the chart and figure out what, if any, differences there might be.
I think also that you might want to make a quick comment on any stylistic differences between Vegas and Panama City. Speed of dealing, size of table, number of players, etc. Also ofcourse a statement as to deck differences or a general statement that the same deck is used as in Vegas: 52 cards, no jokers.
Some of your readers may never get beyond that first part of the page, some may indeed be in Panama at the time and will carefully study the entire page but I think you might want to start out with a brief comment of the differences.
Quote: KellynbnfIt looks like you have an error in the strategy table on the WoO page you linked to; it says to double certain soft totals only if it's made up of 3 cards, but from the rules you gave 3-card doubles are allowed only if the hand totals 9-11 (2-card doubles appear to be allowed on any hand total though).
I noticed that as well. The option "D3" shouldn't be possible for Soft 13 - 15 according to the listed rules.
If player doubles or splits, and dealer gets a blackjack, then the player loses the original bet only.
the procedure is "no peek". Is that consistent in all casinos? Do they have the mirror in some places? You may want to spell this out for your readers.
It was spelled out in the rules that the dealer doesn't take a hole card - therefore no mirror or other device is requred.Quote: pacomartinI am assuming that because of this rule:
If player doubles or splits, and dealer gets a blackjack, then the player loses the original bet only.
the procedure is "no peek". Is that consistent in all casinos? Do they have the mirror in some places? You may want to spell this out for your readers.
The key is that this is different than Eurpoe. In many European casinos that have a no dealer hole card, you lose split and doubles bets if the dealer gets BlackJack!
Quote: DJTeddyBearThe key is that this is different than Eurpoe. In many European casinos that have a no dealer hole card, you lose split and doubles bets if the dealer gets BlackJack!
This is true, my strategy never involves a double or split against an ace or ten (except Aces) so the rules doesn't bother me.
Quote: DJTeddyBearIt was spelled out in the rules that the dealer doesn't take a hole card - therefore no mirror or other device is requred.
I missed that important point.
It seems like a good card counter could beat this game when there is a shoe. Do they have obvious ways of protecting against card counters? Low maximums, limited spread, etc. Would it be worth it to spend $600 and 7 hours to fly there from LAX and count cards?
Quote: FleaStiffI think for most computers and most browsers, its best if you load text first and then have any graphics such as charts and photographs in the second post or separately defined html area, so that it sizes properly upon loading.
There is definitely a problem with page size, however since you generally do not have these problems I think it has to do with being unfinished.
PS: mighty low HE, and promotions to boot, I see.
Quote: PapaChubbySo "D" means double on 2 or 3 cards, but "D3" means double only on 3 cards, otherwise hit? I guess I'm surprised that there are so many circumstances where pulling one more low card out of a 6 deck shoe makes the difference between doubling and hitting.
The only place where there should be a D3 is player 9 vs dealer 3. The reason you don't double with 9 v 3 with 2 cards is because if you get a 2, an 11 becomes a much better double.
I have no clue why there are D3's in the soft section as their totals are not 9, 10, or 11.
However, the page looks fine to me in IE and Google Chrome. It should look much like my page on European blackjack, which has been as it is now for years. Do the two pages look significantly different to anyone, and if so, which browser?
I will detail the card counting conditions in yet another upcoming page.
Quote: WizardDo the two pages look significantly different to anyone, and if so, which browser?
Yes, in my Mozilla Firefox browser the Panamanian BJ page has the chart way over to the right, so that to see all at once the page has to be shrunk down so far that the print is tiny.
Quote: odiousgambitYes, in my Mozilla Firefox browser the Panamanian BJ page has the chart way over to the right, so that to see all at once the page has to be shrunk down so far that the print is tiny.
I have the same problem, using the same browser.
Thanks for letting me know about it.
Yep. It's a problem on a lot of the video poker paytable pages.Quote: WizardOkay, I think I fixed it. Before I had about 300 hyphens in a row to spread the page to the desired width. In Chrome and IE it wraps those hyphens around, but it seems Firefox doesn't like to do that. There should be this problem on lots of other pages on my site that don't have much text content.
Hyphens? You need to use the 1-pixel trick.Quote: WizardOkay, I think I fixed it. Before I had about 300 hyphens in a row to spread the page to the desired width. In Chrome and IE it wraps those hyphens around, but it seems Firefox doesn't like to do that. There should be this problem on lots of other pages on my site that don't have much text content.
Thanks for letting me know about it.
The following image is a 1-pixel, invisible, 44 byte image:
http://www.djteddybear.com/images/1_pixel.gif
Put it on the page, using width tag to force the size of the page you're looking for. It works a lot better than a string of characters that are the same color as the background....
