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OBBO vs OBO for ENHC

monodactyl — Wed, 08 Apr 2026 17:00:36 +0000

I've often heard to treat OBBO / OBO just like American Blackjack where dealer peeks for Blackjack. I've just found this a little hard to fully wrap my head around.

So let's say a Dealer has a face up Ace.

I have 88, I can't surrender against an Ace.

I split.

Would I play the same basic strategy as dealer peeks?

I'm wondering if under OBBO, there is increased incentive to "not bust" so I might not hit a 15 or 16 vs an A as keeping the new hands alive means I get more "rebate" for if the dealer gets a blackjack and I get to win more on the 12% or so chance the dealer busts with an up A.

Is there a gold standard resource for ENHC OBBO basic strategy somewhere? Surely the at least the EV's of the actions change between OBBO and OBO..

I feel like I have to frankenstein a card together where if the dealer has an A and I want to double against it, I have to change take ENHC EV and add back 4/13.

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AutomaticMonkey — Thu, 09 Apr 2026 17:32:51 +0000

Applied Mathematics Question 2

ThatDonGuy — Thu, 09 Apr 2026 13:38:03 +0000

My method
Our methods are the same up to:
sin x / sin y = (2428.1 sin 67 sin 57 / (2122.7 sin 64 sin 71)

Here's where my method differs:

Substitute (145 - x) for y:
(2122.7 sin 64 sin 71) sin x = (2428.1 sin 57 sin 67) sin (145 - x)

Since sin t = sin (180 - t), sin (145 - x) = sin (180 - (145 - x)) = sin (35 + x):
(2122.7 sin 64 sin 71) sin x = (2428.1 sin 57 sin 67) sin (35 + x)

Sine of a sum rule:
(2122.7 sin 71 sin 64) sin x = (2428.1 sin 57 sin 67) sin 35 cos x + (2428.1 sin 57 sin 67) cos 35 sin x
(2122.7 sin 71 sin 64) sin x - (2428.1 sin 57 sin 67 cos 35) sin x = (2428.1 sin 57 sin 67 sin 35) cos x

Square both sides:
(2122.7 sin 71 sin 64 - 2428.1 sin 57 sin 67 cos 35)^2 sin^2 x = (2428.1 sin 57 sin 67 sin 35)^2 (1 - sin^2 x)
((2122.7 sin 71 sin 64 - 2428.1 sin 57 sin 67 cos 35)^2 + (2428.1 sin 57 sin 67 sin 35)^2) sin^2 x = (2428.1 sin 57 sin 67 sin 35)^2
sin^2 x = (2428.1 sin 57 sin 67 sin 35)^2 / ((2122.7 sin 71 sin 64 - 2428.1 sin 57 sin 67 cos 35)^2 + (2428.1 sin 57 sin 67 sin 35)^2)
sin x = 2428.1 sin 57 sin 67 sin 35 / sqrt((2122.7 sin 71 sin 64 - 2428.1 sin 57 sin 67 cos 35)^2 + (2428.1 sin 57 sin 67 sin 35)^2)

Law of sines on AEB:
AB / sin 52 = AE / sin 57
AB = AE sin 52 / sin 57
AB = (2122.2 sin 52) / (sin 67 sin 57) sin x
AB = (2122.2 sin 52) (2428.1 sin 35) / sqrt((2122.7 sin 71 sin 64 - 2428.1 sin 57 sin 67 cos 35)^2 + (2428.1 sin 57 sin 67 sin 35)^2)

DP w/ 4X odds

ChumpChange — Tue, 07 Apr 2026 10:23:55 +0000

I'm starting my day looking at playing with 4X odds on the Don't Pass. I've been playing over at the Draft Kings Casino Demo Craps game. I started out playing the PL and pulled ahead for awhile but got hammered by a streak of like 10-15 non-point shooters in a row. They may hit their come-out 7-11's though, and that's why I like to keep the DP bet low with at least 3X odds. I figure more often than not, I'm going to get clobbered within 2 hours by such a bad streak, that if I'm on the dark side I could actually hit a session win goal.

So on a bubble craps machine that only has double odds, doing 4X odds means doing double odds and laying a similar amount against the point and getting a 5% payout loss on the lay bets. I just get confused about how to calculate the overall HA when doing that. But for a $30 DP bet and $60 odds bet and $60 laid against the point, it could turn out to be a $1.50 or more in vig on the lay bets (place to lose on the 6 & 8). I figure that's a 1.67% HA not counting DP come-out rolls because I won $30 + $30 + $28.50 = $88.50 on the 4 or 10; and $1.50/$90 = $1.67%. I'm just going into math failure over here. If it was on a table with only 2X odds and the vig upfront, it would be $1/$90 = 1.11% HA not counting the DP come-out rolls. If I tried to switch it around to PL w/ 4X odds on a 3X, 4X, 5X table, I'd still have to buy $30 on the 4, 10 point for $1 even though I have $90 odds. Maybe I'll just play a table that has 10X odds and not worry about that when I get to it.

I've got to win some sessions first, and they haven't been coming by normal means on the Do side. But if I have to win 20 sessions to get to $80K on the bubble craps machine, there's going to be a lot of vig paid to the House on the way using this 4X odds strategy with 2X odds and 2X lay bets.

I would have to limit PL bets with 4X odds to $140 + $280 odds + $280 PB/Buy the point. On the 4, 10 there's a $14 vig on the payout of $560 + $560 on the odds bet plus the line bet of $140 for a total of $1,246 plus the bet back of $700 for a total win of $1,946 to stay under the $2K taxable hand pay limit. On the DP side, I could go all the way to $195 on the line with $390 odds and $400 lay bets on the point and still stay under the $2K payout limit.

PokerJack

harris — Mon, 06 Apr 2026 15:53:20 +0000

Hello everyone!

Today I want to showcase a new game that I like a lot called PokerJack. The same team who made 3 Shot Poker, 5 Card Pai Gow, and BBQ Baccarat have a new game that sorta combines 3-Card Poker and Blackjack.

Essentially, you and the dealer get three cards. You can bet that your three cards form a better blackjack hand and/or poker hand than the dealer. The dealer needs a 10-high to qualify on the poker side and always qualifies on the blackjack side. There is also a side bet based on your three cards.

Personally I think that this is better than the other games that this team has made so far, and I hope to play it in real life one day. Until that day, you can play it here on my website which will also show you the strategy according to my calculations.

Anyways, let me know what you think about this game or my website.
To give some constructive feedback, I think there should some additional side bet based on all six cards, but also it's easy to say that when you aren't the one who has to get each side bet approved by various state governments :D

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(Time flies when you're having fun?)

It seems appropriate as we don't all move at the same speed.
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