[jon462]

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But then again, people play blackjack with worse edges for a living. Meh. Its all perspective.

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i haven't read any literature/empirical work on BJ, and am actually looking to do so. have you got any to recommend? i have this feeling in the back of my head that because good blackjack play involves putting more money out when you believe yourself to be at an advantage, the swings aren't that terrible (though they clearly exist).

also wondering if anyone knows the edges for the scenarios:

1) playing perfect blackjack w.r.t. counting without varying your bets

2) playing basic strategy, no counting, with varying your bets on some reasonable spectrum

3) playing perfect counting strategy with varying your bets on some reasonable spectrum

if anyone has any reference to that that'd be great.

haha, i'm wrong forum / hijack man.

citanul

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good sng strategy also involves putting your chips out there when you have an advantage, why do you think there would be less variance with blackjack?

To answer your question, house edge is 2% on #2 (you cant beat BJ w/o counting), and I imagine your edge would be so incredibly small on #1 it wouldnt be worth it.

There's a 2+2 book on blackjack, its designed to be simple enough to be practical to non-rainmen.. but DS does recommend some books with more complicated strategies..