BLACKJACK
September 5th, 2011 at 9:55:46 AM
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What would attract you to a new version of Blackjack? What would you least like ?
Looking for a realistic answer. You are not about to get a game that you can easily beat!
I would like jackpots within the basic game, not as a side bet. I hate the prospect of
splitting and doubling down, the dealer busts , but 22 is a push.
I am not interested in learning a new strategy and forget about learning spanish 21 to diminish the
HE by .0003. Hope to hear from guys jinxed at BJ like Teddys as well as a fellow who invented a BJ game where all payoffs were even money.
Looking for a realistic answer. You are not about to get a game that you can easily beat!
I would like jackpots within the basic game, not as a side bet. I hate the prospect of
splitting and doubling down, the dealer busts , but 22 is a push.
I am not interested in learning a new strategy and forget about learning spanish 21 to diminish the
HE by .0003. Hope to hear from guys jinxed at BJ like Teddys as well as a fellow who invented a BJ game where all payoffs were even money.
September 5th, 2011 at 10:10:43 AM
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Quote: buzzpaffWhat would attract you to a new version of Blackjack?
Same HE, greater variance. Not possible? then almost the same HE. An HE under .50% with more variance
the next time Dame Fortune toys with your heart, your soul and your wallet, raise your glass and praise her thus: “Thanks for nothing, you cold-hearted, evil, damnable, nefarious, low-life, malicious monster from Hell!” She is, after all, stone deaf. ... Arnold Snyder
September 5th, 2011 at 11:02:57 AM
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Quote: odiousgambitSame HE, greater variance. Not possible? then almost the same HE. An HE under .50% with more variance
Would doubling down on any number of cards. after splitting, any value, fulfill greater variance ?
September 5th, 2011 at 11:22:28 AM
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Quote: buzzpaffWould doubling down on any number of cards. after splitting, any value, fulfill greater variance ?
This was done by Howard Grossman's SuperFun-21: double at any time, surrender at any time, hit as many times as you want after splitting aces, etc., basically an unrestricted blackjack.
Beware of all enterprises that require new clothes - Henry David Thoreau. Like Dealers' uniforms - Dan.
September 5th, 2011 at 11:39:23 AM
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Nothing at all would attract me a new version of Blackjack. Nothing. If it ain't broke, don't fix it! Ain't no need for a new version of Blackjack. People just want to invent one so they can patent it and hope to make money from it. Well, you want to make money from Blackjack? Then open more Blackjack tables in the casino.Quote: buzzpaffWhat would attract you to a new version of Blackjack?
September 5th, 2011 at 3:45:25 PM
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Then why are the number of tables diminishing? How long before 6-5 is your only game, unless playing black chips?
Saying BJ is perfect as it is, is like the old days, when draw or 5 stud poker were the purest forms of poker. Blackjack
is graying and quickly becoming your grandfather's game.
There were numerous newspaper articles saying that 6/5 BJ was an option that would not be exercised in Colorado.
I saw 3 6/5 tables my last visit to Blackhawk. Worse yet, they were full of players while dealers at adjacent 3/2 DD
had no customers.
Saying BJ is perfect as it is, is like the old days, when draw or 5 stud poker were the purest forms of poker. Blackjack
is graying and quickly becoming your grandfather's game.
There were numerous newspaper articles saying that 6/5 BJ was an option that would not be exercised in Colorado.
I saw 3 6/5 tables my last visit to Blackhawk. Worse yet, they were full of players while dealers at adjacent 3/2 DD
had no customers.
September 5th, 2011 at 3:53:00 PM
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According to Wiz dealer hits S17, and the only payoffs greater than even money are 5 card 21 and a BJ in diamonds. No idea how infrequent a 5 card 21 is when playing BS, but that BJ in diamonds is 1 in 16 BJs, and then you get a whopping 2 to 1.
