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Old 05-02-2005, 11:30 AM
PokerCat69 PokerCat69 is offline
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Default Re: Hold\'em Vs. Blackjack

I was a card counter but made the switch to poker.
If you could sit at a BJ table ALL day long and play blackjack then obviously you would make huge amounts of cash, but you simply can't do that. Casinos watch for counters, and after awhile they figure out what your doing and give you the boot. Unless of course you only play short sessions. If you play short sessions, and rotate between casnos (meaning you live in Vegas) you probably won't be caught, but you won't make alot of money either because your sessions are short.
Also the casinos worldwide are slowly changing the BJ rules to crap. 6:5 BJ payouts and CSM are some.
The bankroll requirements for BJ are HUGE, it is recommended to have enough cash to cover 100 large bets, and you should use a 1-12 bet spread. For example: Betting $5-$60 requires a $6000 roll.
I would ONLY recommended blackjack if you have a large bankroll of at least $50,000 - $100,000.
If your max bet was $1000, you would average $10/hand with the bet out.
Basically the days of blackjack are over.
Poker requires a much smaller bankroll, you can play as many hours as you want (both online or real) casinos don't care your not taking their money.
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