Re: Losing 27 blackjack hands in a row
 

This thread is so pointless, NOBODY regardless how great they think they are at playing BJ should be playing at PP.

Re: Losing 27 blackjack hands in a row
 

If this teaches you never to play BJ again, $400 was totally worth the cost.

Re: Losing 27 blackjack hands in a row
 

Good to see your bankroll management is going well after that post in the Psychology forum.

Re: Losing 27 blackjack hands in a row
 

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double anything 8 or higher when it beats what the dealer shows...

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That's wrong, sometimes by a lot. Never double down with an 8. (You lose about 0.27 bets by doubling down with 8 versus 7; 0.18 bets doubling 8 vs. 2.) Only double down with a 9 against 3-6.

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split 8's when dealer shows 8 or lower...

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Always split 8s if the dealer has already checked for blackjack.

If you are going to play blackjack again, I think you want to take a look at a chart, and play on sites with a better rule set than Party. It'll be much cheaper. Of course, it is/was your money.

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Ah, I see you beat me to it while I was having a heart attack and writing. [img]/images/graemlins/smirk.gif[/img]

BTW, doubling 8 vs. 5 and 6 is correct in single deck play (which PP is not).

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Doesn't it also have to be against a house that stays on soft 17? I don't remember I haven't checked up on BS in a while.

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BTW, doubling 8 vs. 5 and 6 is correct in single deck play (which PP is not).

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Doesn't it also have to be against a house that stays on soft 17? I don't remember I haven't checked up on BS in a while.

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Basic strategy is to double regardless of whether the house stands on soft 17. A separate composition dependent strategy limits doubles to the exact cards (5,3) and (4,4). See The Theory of Blackjack by Peter Griffin, which has changes to basic strategy for rule variations and any number of decks.

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I get the odds to be ..49^27

This just happened to me on party, and using between 5 and 25 dollar bets I just lost 400 dollars.... I got a few ties in there, like when I double my 11 to the dealers 6, get a 6, and the dealer flips an ace, this happened at least 4 or 5 times, which was better than the under card always being a 5 and the facecard always coming when I had 20

.49^27 = .00000043% or 1 in 231 million ... Sweet, is this the right calculation more or less, or do ties have something to do with it

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Eh, I did this playing BJ during the WSOP. Still won for the session. Bill Chen and Matt Hawrilenko witnessed it.

Jerrod

Re: Losing 27 blackjack hands in a row
 

I just lost 10 in a row on partypoker. Decided to put 10$ in and play 1$ hands for fun. Lost 10 in a row.

Re: Losing 27 blackjack hands in a row
 

You should have used the martingale system. Then, after your $268,435,456 bet, you would have gotten your dollar of profit.