heads up with dealer

[matts0809]

even if you are not counting cards, aren't you actually at an advantage if you are playing heads up with the dealer.
sorry if this is a dumbass question, but i'm new to this BJ stuff.

 

[ChefJJ]

Others here may be more help, but playing heads up with the dealer just exposes you to more hands per hour (or whatever other time frame)...so it really can just increase your losses if you are not an AP, but on the other hand can increase profit if you play with an advantage (e.g. use a card counting technique).

good luck

 

[ScottH]

even if you are not counting cards, aren't you actually at an advantage if you are playing heads up with the dealer.
sorry if this is a dumbass question, but i'm new to this BJ stuff.

No, playing by yourself does not change the house edge. Like CheffJJ said, you'll just be playing faster, so you'll be losing money faster as well.

 

[MartyAce]

No, playing by yourself does not change the house edge. Like CheffJJ said, you'll just be playing faster, so you'll be losing money faster as well.

Agreed, when playing at a table thats nearly full you might be getting in, 60 hands an hour, this is a generally accepted number that most pit crews will use in figuring out your comps.

Playing heads up you can be exposed to 200+ hands sometimes if your quick with decisions, and without counting, you're just exposing yourself to more of the houses edge, basically your exposing yourself to the houses edge, so you are more likely to lose since you are getting into more long run.

Now if this was a counter at the single table, he would be able to vary the bet into a positive count and while getting more cards in, will also reach that long run type advantage that counters have and will see more money, all of course in the long run.

Comps is another issue that I'll put in here too.. even if you only play head up against the dealer, the pit will still put you into that 60 hand an hour equation they use for figuring our comps, so if you are trying to rack up comps, this isnt the way to do it, but thats a completely different subject.