doubling down with a blackjack
April 30th, 2012 at 7:20:35 AM
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Most of the single deck blackjack games I've seen on the strip pay 6:5 for a blackjack. Under these rules, with what dealer up card (if any) does it make sense to double down with a blackjack? How does this affect the house edge?
April 30th, 2012 at 7:24:05 AM
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The highest expected value for any play in blackjack is under .80 (6,5 against a 5 in a single deck game). So even if the blackjack paid even money, you should never double down on a blackjack
April 30th, 2012 at 9:32:34 AM
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there was a recent thread with some discussion on this topic:
Doubling down on blackjack at 6:5
Doubling down on blackjack at 6:5
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