learningtocount said:If you can see at least two hands next to you can play better than perfect basic stragedy using the information of the dead cards next to you. "Dead cards are cards you can not draw." My question is how good of rules do you need to be able to have an advatage off the first deal and what are they? What are the worst rules that you could have when being able to use other peoples cards to help make your decision and still get an advatage off the first deal?
learningtocount said:A place that offers good rules on single deck only has a .2% house advantage of the first deal if you are playing by your self and use optimal stragedy but getting to see other players cards in my opinion and playing accordingly could take that down to zero or put the odds in your favor ever so slightly.
Playing decisions are way more important than how you bet your money even if you are able to bet with the count if you make too many mistakes in your playing decisions I gurantee that you will lose. Especially if you make the big mistakes that cost you a lot of expected value like failing to hit a 16 against a 7.
learningtocount said:A place that offers good rules on single deck only has a .2% house advantage of the first deal if you are playing by your self and use optimal stragedy but getting to see other players cards in my opinion and playing accordingly could take that down to zero or put the odds in your favor ever so slightly.
Playing decisions are way more important than how you bet your money even if you are able to bet with the count if you make too many mistakes in your playing decisions I gurantee that you will lose. Especially if you make the big mistakes that cost you a lot of expected value like failing to hit a 16 against a 7.
learningtocount said:I was thinking that if you could look at two other players cards of the top of a 1 deck game how much could you gain by learning when to properly insure your hand? Say it is the top of a 1 deck game and you look at your cards and at 2 players next to so you have seen a total of 7 cards and none of which where 10 value cards you would have an edge on the insurance bet this applies only to single deck games. How much do you think that proper insurance will effect your overall expected value on the game?
learningtocount said:You are playing with 3 other players who graciously decided to show you their whole cards playing at a good game where you have a .26% disadvantage of the top using nothing more than basic stragedy seeing 7 other cards plus your own cards for a total of 9 seen cards will make for a really juicy insurance bet now and then I believe that it could wipe out your basic stragedy disadvantage and maybe even then some!
learningtocount said:I was wondering in a good single deck game where you can double on any first two cards and blackjacks pay 3 to 2 what your starting advantage is when you take into account using perfect insurance and index plays that are beyond basic stragedy to make your decision are. The starting disadvantage is .25% but that does not take into account index plays or using insurance to your advantage! Lets say you are dealt a 12 vs a dealer 4 and you see that both players next too you are holding two card twenty's with all tens! You deciced to go against basic stragedy but it is the correct index play and deciced to hit your hand you catch a 9 and stand and that particular hand is one that you would of lost had you not used the index plays!
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