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July 17th, 2019 at 10:57:55 AM permalink
Hello,
I´m new playing blackjack, is there any diference of playing in one house or two houses? Why do some casino make play at least in 2 houses, does it change houseedge? Does it change player´s edge?

Thanks for all

Robert Link

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July 17th, 2019 at 11:02:29 AM permalink
Quote: Nenuco33

Hello,
I´m new playing blackjack, is there any diference of playing in one house or two houses? Why do some casino make play at least in 2 houses, does it change houseedge? Does it change player´s edge?

Thanks for all

Robert Link

South Africa



Hello, Robert, and welcome to the forum.

I'm not sure I understand you saying "houses". It's not a term usually associated with Blackjack. (Perhaps someone else does, and will enlighten me.) Can you ask your question a different way?
If the House lost every hand, they wouldn't deal the game.
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July 17th, 2019 at 11:10:53 AM permalink
Houses means boxes, sorry.
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July 17th, 2019 at 11:12:45 AM permalink
If you're asking why some casinos require you to pay twice the table minimum in order to play in two places, the answer is that it's because you're theoretically removing another player's chance to play and that player may have wished to play for higher stakes than you.
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July 17th, 2019 at 11:14:45 AM permalink
Does the houseedge or players edge changes with playing in one box or two or more boxes?
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July 17th, 2019 at 11:37:31 AM permalink
At the hundred dollar table there is no need to play 200 per to play two circles (two "houses" "boxes"), they figure you've earned that right by being at the black chip table.

But if you're playing 100 min or 100 x 2 min then must be prepared to jump the bet by enough times X to take advantage of any superior card flow/count whatever you want to call it. Which is why I never understand these guys who show up at the black chip table with a measly 500 or 1000 or so, thinking this is where they belong.
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If you take up two circles versus two different players taking up one circle each nothing changes as far as house edge that's all set based on the rules of the table. Also how deep they deal into the deck is beneficial if you are tracking the cards.
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July 17th, 2019 at 1:32:23 PM permalink
Quote: Nenuco33

Does the houseedge or players edge changes with playing in one box or two or more boxes?



Essentially no change in house edge. There may be very rare instances when seeing more other cards might change your strategy, but basically no change in house edge for all practical purposes.

I doubt this is what you are asking about, but if you have been counting cards and have identified that the remaining cards favor the player then betting a second hand will be advantageous to you, especially if you are not the only player at the table.
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July 17th, 2019 at 2:43:00 PM permalink
Playing two hands simultaneously is theoretically equivalent to playing two successive hands.
Practically, it makes a difference only if you are counting cards.
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July 17th, 2019 at 3:21:56 PM permalink
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Playing two hands simultaneously is theoretically equivalent to playing two successive hands.
Practically, it makes a difference only if you are counting cards.

Ditto.

Unless you’re counting and changing your strategy accordingly, the edge doesn’t change.

However, the variance will change. But it will be the same whether you play 2hand at once against 50 dealer hands, or 1 hand at a time for 100 hands.
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July 17th, 2019 at 3:48:44 PM permalink
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Playing two hands simultaneously is theoretically equivalent to playing two successive hands.
Practically, it makes a difference only if you are counting cards.



Wouldn’t your wins and losses tend to be more correlated playing multiple hands at once ?

Imagine playing 5 hands at once vs the same dealer up card, vs playing 5 successive hands vs 5 different dealer hands.
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July 17th, 2019 at 6:07:29 PM permalink
Yes absolutely. When the dealer gets Blackjack (or 21), all of your hands lose (or lose/push). When dealer deals himself a 10, all of your hands will use the same strategy and hit until H17, which causes you to bust more. When dealer's upcard is a 5, all of your hands will be a favorite to win.

The EV is not changed by playing two hands, but the correlation causes your variance to be larger than if you played one hand.
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July 17th, 2019 at 6:20:07 PM permalink
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Yes absolutely.
The EV is not changed by playing two hands, but the correlation causes your variance to be larger than if you played one hand.

The Original Poster’s question was about House edge, aka EV.
Corrélation has no impact on Expectations, only on Variance. More chance to win more and more chance to lose more. The average remains the same.
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July 17th, 2019 at 7:56:33 PM permalink
I don't think I saw anyone actually respond to the OP in terms of Expected Value (EV).

OP: If you're planning on playing blackjack today for 2 hours, with just basic strategy your EV will be -$X. If you are forced to play 2 hands, and you in fact play just as long as you planned to play before (2 hours) your EV for the day will now be -$2X. You will, on average, lose twice as much as you'd normally lose since you're essentially playing twice the number of hands.

The house edge itself does NOT change. What changes is your total amount of money wagered, which is figured in to EV.

EV = (AvgBet*NumHands)*(-.005)

AvgBet = your average bet approximated over your course of play. If you're a $10 player, never raising or lowering your bet, then your AvgBet = $10.
NumHands = the number of hands you play in the time span you play. THIS is what is going to change that makes you lose more money.

-.005 is a GENERIC -.5%, which "most" blackjack games are around, but that's also with playing PERFECT BASIC STRATEGY. Thus, if you're playing a slightly poorer game than basic strategy, you might be around -1%, and that 2nd hand is really starting to work on you.

EXAMPLE: using a generic .5% game, $10 flat bet as mentioned above, and an average of 80 hands per hour (pretty typical for your average player)...

*playing 1 hand for 2 hours = 160 hands total)*
EV = (10*160)*(-.005) = -$8

*playing 2 hands for 2 hours = 320 hands total)*
EV = (10*320)*(-.005) = -$16

Now if you're not playing perfect basic strategy for 2 hands
EV = (10*320)*(-.015) = -$48


See how things can go from -$8/hour on average in the long run to -$48/hour on average in the long run? It pays to know basic strategy and bet as little as possible if you're not an advantage player!
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July 18th, 2019 at 6:49:55 AM permalink
What is variance?
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July 18th, 2019 at 7:53:20 AM permalink
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What is variance?



Others can explain it more precisely, but

Variance is the mathematical word that accounts for luck or random chance.

It represents the range of deviation in any particular set of win or loss results from the expected average results.

If you play a game of blackjack that has a house edge of .5, (for example) for every $100 you wager using Optimal Strategy, you can expect to lose $0.50. But you will almost never have that result on any particular $100 you spend. Instead, you might win, or lose more than that (variance). Over time, and many $100 wagers, your results will conform to that .5 HE.

Hope that helps.
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July 18th, 2019 at 8:36:12 AM permalink
what are the calculations to calculate the variance?
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what are the calculations to calculate the variance?



Variance is the average of the square of the difference between the mean and the observations.
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July 18th, 2019 at 12:56:47 PM permalink
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what are the calculations to calculate the variance?



À simple example to understand variance is this. Imagine you play Heads or Tails. EV is zero, because in the long run each player wins and loses the same amount.

If you play for €1, the variance is 1€^2 (standard déviation €1)
If you play for €2, the variance is 4€^2 (standard dev €2)

To calculate easily, take the average of SQUARED results, then subtract the square of the expectation.
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July 18th, 2019 at 3:41:16 PM permalink
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What is variance?

Ratrher than look at the maths consider a number of games you might play. The assumption is you play each games 24 times betting $1 each time and the odds offered are fair. In both these games, in the long term you'll come out even, but consider what might happen over a shorter game.

(i) Heads or Tails
One of the simplest of games is Heads or Tails, depending on the result you will either win $1 or lose $1.

On a series of 24 spins, you are just as likely to come out ahead as come out behind. It is very unlikely you'd lose (or win) more than $10.

(ii) Double 6.
Consider a fairly risky game where you roll two dice. If you roll double 6 you win $35, otherwise you lose $1.

Strangely you are (nearly) just as likely to come out ahead as come out behind, but this time if you come out losing (by not rolling any winner) you lose all $24. On the other side you might roll several winners; you have a 1 in 7 chance of winning $48 or more.

In the first game you're not going to win a lot nor lose a lot - the variance is low.
In the second game you could win big (4% chance of over $120) but also there's a fair chance of losing all your money (51%). Being the more risky game the variance is fairly high.

If you know roulette then the first game is similar to betting Red or Black, and the second is similar to betting one number (although in both cases the casino wins something on any zero).
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July 19th, 2019 at 8:35:05 AM permalink
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June 5th, 2020 at 12:35:20 PM permalink
I think if there's a big difference between playing in one house and playing in two.
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