Blackjack riddle

[Renzey]

I suppose one could play an entire AP game based solely on social engineering, if one was good enough at that.

Suppose you're just not cut out for card counting, but you're a crafty poker player who regularly hustles his opponents thru misdirection.

You like blackjack at the basic strategy level and only play at 6 or 7 handed tables to slow down your basic strategy loss per hour. All those extra opponents also give you 25 or 30 possible scavenger doubles per hour (with maybe a half dozen of them yielding an actual play). You also make sure to be the smallest bettor at your table so that those scavenger doubles are actually for considerably more than your own bet.

When you're dealt poor pair splits, such as 2/2, 3/3 or 7/7 against a 2, 3 or 7 (excepting 2/2 vs. 7), you graciously reciprocate by offering half of your hand (or even all) to the other players.

Whenever the dealer has a 4, 5 or 6 up, you offer to lay 6-to-5 odds that the dealer won't break her "bust" card.

When a $25 bettor has 18 against an 8, you offer him $27 for his hand -- same deal with 19 against a playable 10.

At some point, particularly if your own bets are small in comparison to the rest of the table, you'd have to have a positive EV.

 

[zengrifter]

Suppose you're just not cut out for card counting, but you're a crafty poker player who regularly hustles his opponents thru misdirection.

You like blackjack at the basic strategy level and only play at 6 or 7 handed tables to slow down your basic strategy loss per hour. All those extra opponents also give you 25 or 30 possible scavenger doubles per hour (with maybe a half dozen of them yielding an actual play). You also make sure to be the smallest bettor at your table so that those scavenger doubles are actually for considerably more than your own bet.

When you're dealt poor pair splits, such as 2/2, 3/3 or 7/7 against a 2, 3 or 7 (excepting 2/2 vs. 7), you graciously reciprocate by offering half of your hand (or even all) to the other players.

Whenever the dealer has a 4, 5 or 6 up, you offer to lay 6-to-5 odds that the dealer won't break her "bust" card.

When a $25 bettor has 18 against an 8, you offer him $27 for his hand -- same deal with 19 against a playable 10.

At some point, particularly if your own bets are small in comparison to the rest of the table, you'd have to have a positive EV.

Six partner doubles per hour plus a few other plays, and a 5-1 spread between my basic flat bet and the average scavenger doubles investment. I'd like someone to do a sim - show us what that playing style is worth. Could it be worth more than counting or even comp counting? zg