Single Deck Blackjack

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One of the most common blackjack side bets in California card rooms is known as Buster Blackjack (BBJ). I found this documentation online. The player who makes the BBJ wager wins if the dealer busts. The payout is then based on the total number of cards in the dealer’s busted hand. There are a lot of…

Note that the number of decks are indicated on a logarithmic scale, to emphasize the asymptotic behavior of expected return as the number of decks grows large. The question is, why does the player’s expected return increase in games with fewer decks? “All things being equal, using fewer decks decreases…

True (kind of) dog ghost story from Florida of a beloved pinscher who protects his owner from beyond the grave. Written by Patrick McNicholas. As many of you may know, a few months ago I lost my puppy dog. His name was Jack. He was a miniature pinscher from the Doberman Pinscher lineage. Jack was a small…

While most blackjack legends become famous for card counting, Don Johnson has etched his name into blackjack history by using conventional strategy to win millions of dollars. By his own admissions, Johnson doesn’t count cards, and claims that many players could beat the house if they had the bankroll…

That sound you hear is exactly what the Scorpions told us about back in the 80s: The wind of change. It seems like just a matter of time until players everywhere, including the United States, will be able to gamble for real money on their computers and mobile devices. Video game developers and gaming…

Single-deck blackjack is considered to be the pinnacle game for those looking for the absolute best chances to win. The fewer the cards and decks in the average game of 21, the better our chances are to win big – and who doesn’t want to maximise profits? Single-deck games were most common up until the…

Las Vegas–based movies and TV series long have painted a shiny, sexy, high-tech picture of casino video surveillance, with all-seeing cameras keeping track of everything going on in the “house.” The reality is much more mundane, with technology only starting to catch up to Hollywood’s ideal. Schwartz…

Number of decks: 1 Blackjack payout: 3:2 Dealer’s forced move: Stands on Hard 17 Dealer’s first card: One up Split: Yes Re-Split: No Split Aces: Yes – no draw Double Down: 9/10/A Surrender: No Insurance: Yes Dealer always Hits on Soft 17 in this game of Vegas Single Deck Blackjack. Splitting rules are…

It continues to amaze me that my posts on the 21 + 3 blackjack side bet are among the most frequently viewed articles on this site. This post ( Beating the 21+3 Blackjack Side Bet ) tops the list. Because today is Wednesday, I created a computer program to look at how the edge for 21 + 3 changes as hands…