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Blackjack... African-American Jack... Fine, 21, ok?! (1 Viewer)
- Thread starter P_Dilemma
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Serius
Beyond Godlike
thats it?
i am pretty good at blackjack.
- i always double up with 2 aces
- i never take insurance
- i usually sit on 16
i am pretty good at blackjack.
- i always double up with 2 aces
- i never take insurance
- i usually sit on 16
P_Dilemma
Extraordinary Entertainer
double up on 2 aces? I'd rather split, but that depends on the status of the deck, maybe. The 10-value cards are the most common, so getting a 12 is risky.Serius said:
insurance can be helpful sometimes, i'm still researching up on it tho.
i'd only sit on 16 if the dealer's up-card was 2-6.
-P_D
Blackjack is really easy - you're a fool if you walk into the casino without knowing exactly how to play.
This is how to play:
http://wizardofodds.com/blackjack
I play at Crown (Melbourne)...the rules here are:
- 8 decks per shoe
- 75% penetration (6 decks are dealt before a shuffle)
- Dealer stands on soft-17 (A-6)
- Blackjack pays 3:2
- Can split up to 4 hands
- Can double on 9-11 only
- Insurance pays 2:1
- Double/split bets only lose original bet where dealer's upcard is an A and dealer gets BJ
- Double after split is allowed
- There is no "5 card charlie"
- Cannot get blackjack on split A-A
I play too much, but it's pretty good fun to sit at a table with a stack of black chips and play heads-up with the dealer (well I think so anyway).
I think I'll go play now.
Also A-A is always split, can't double (at Crown) anyway.
Insurance is for fools - insurance pays 2:1 and the chance of a T is 5/13. Unless the deck was loaded with Ts then it's a bad bet. The deck will never be loaded with Ts to that extent on an 8-deck shoe dealing out 6 decks (leaving 100 odd cards in the shoe unseen - you will need there to be at least 50+ Ts in the deck to make it worth it, which happens rarely. When it does happen, you are only an even-money bet on insurance ANYWAY - no guarantee of getting paid off. I avoid it.
This is how to play:
http://wizardofodds.com/blackjack
I play at Crown (Melbourne)...the rules here are:
- 8 decks per shoe
- 75% penetration (6 decks are dealt before a shuffle)
- Dealer stands on soft-17 (A-6)
- Blackjack pays 3:2
- Can split up to 4 hands
- Can double on 9-11 only
- Insurance pays 2:1
- Double/split bets only lose original bet where dealer's upcard is an A and dealer gets BJ
- Double after split is allowed
- There is no "5 card charlie"
- Cannot get blackjack on split A-A
I play too much, but it's pretty good fun to sit at a table with a stack of black chips and play heads-up with the dealer (well I think so anyway).
I think I'll go play now.
Also A-A is always split, can't double (at Crown) anyway.
Insurance is for fools - insurance pays 2:1 and the chance of a T is 5/13. Unless the deck was loaded with Ts then it's a bad bet. The deck will never be loaded with Ts to that extent on an 8-deck shoe dealing out 6 decks (leaving 100 odd cards in the shoe unseen - you will need there to be at least 50+ Ts in the deck to make it worth it, which happens rarely. When it does happen, you are only an even-money bet on insurance ANYWAY - no guarantee of getting paid off. I avoid it.
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Nesty
Proud TB =)
haha. yes blackjack.
hrm. use to play. not anymore. dun like it enough to do all the statistics and memorise it and shit. so yeah. there are better card games
hrm. use to play. not anymore. dun like it enough to do all the statistics and memorise it and shit. so yeah. there are better card games
breaking
paint huffing moron
Your attempt at a humorous thread title has failed.
mr_brightside
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more liek
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LOAL!
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