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#1
11-20-2005, 08:41 PM
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Blackjack: +EV game?
Is blackjack a + or - EV game while playing perfectly? (Assume no card counting). This has to be the most amateur blackjack question ever asked, but I'm a poker player.
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#2
11-20-2005, 09:36 PM
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Re: Blackjack: +EV game?
perfect strategy leads to minus a half percent or so depending on the rules.
Melch
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11-25-2005, 04:08 AM
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Re: Blackjack: +EV game?
I don't know. Call me a heathen or whatever. But if Blackjack is a -EV game when played perfectly...then...um...why play it?
Again i am open to insults.
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#6
11-25-2005, 05:27 AM
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Re: Blackjack: +EV game?
[ QUOTE ]
I don't know. Call me a heathen or whatever. But if Blackjack is a -EV game when played perfectly...then...um...why play it? Again i am open to insults. [/ QUOTE ] You'r right. Casinos should just shut down since no one will ever want to play a -EV game.
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#7
11-26-2005, 10:12 PM
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Re: Blackjack: +EV game?
The reason people play blackjack is because they can overcome the longterm house advantage in the shortterm. 4 percent is not a very large edge over any single hand. also, people tend to think that varying bet size will eliminate the house edge
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#8
11-29-2005, 02:32 AM
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Re: Blackjack: +EV game?
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The reason people play blackjack is because they can overcome the longterm house advantage in the shortterm. 4 percent is not a very large edge over any single hand. also, people tend to think that varying bet size will eliminate the house edge [/ QUOTE ] To the OP: It is the law of large numbers that states that eventually you must acheive your EV. There is a lot of debate as to how large the number is. Even the casinos sweat a bad month. I used to count BJ every weekend, now I play maybe a dozen sessions a year. Fewer sessions for craps. So, I will gleefully belly up to these -EV games, because it's all in the standard deviation for me. I wouldn't touch a slot, though. Those people are morans. [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img] (actually that's not entirely true. I like the lowbuy slot tourneys in Vegas, and have done well in them. I'm usually forty years younger than my average competition)
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#9
11-29-2005, 07:26 AM
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Re: Blackjack: +EV game?
For an overview check out my analysis of Party Poker Blackjack at http://www.reviewpokerrooms.com/arti...blackjack.html which offers fairly standard rules.
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#10
11-28-2005, 08:29 PM
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Re: Blackjack: +EV game?
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[ QUOTE ] I don't know. Call me a heathen or whatever. But if Blackjack is a -EV game when played perfectly...then...um...why play it? Again i am open to insults. [/ QUOTE ] You'r right. Casinos should just shut down since no one will ever want to play a -EV game. [/ QUOTE ] Your reading comprehension needs some work. He asked why one should play it, not why casinos offer it. Congrats on the witty reply, though.
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