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[The Stork]

i am seeing a casino on the strip being so unpolite not to offer even money on a blackjack. How much percentage cost that towards the already 1.45 percentage you have against you in that infamous 6 to 5 blackjack horror.

Although it is a worse game paris let you wong in and out the game. I guess with the count plus 4 you have a slight advantage here. I just wonder because if onlyp playing green in that game, 'wonging in and out' A 1 to 25 spread would overcome the negative odds easily playing plus 4 and higher. I notice many counts like that. I just wonder about it because they do not seem to care I am doing that. They offer many tables at the 10 dollar minimum you can wong in and out.

any comments here?

thanks..

Stork

 

[EyeHeartHalves]

I don't know, Stork.

I can't get over how much the 6:5 payout would hurt me. Every time you get a blackjack, I want you to envision yourself just handing over 30% of your initial bet to the owners of Harrah's Entertainment. I won't sit at one of those tables out of sheer principle. I don't know if you are a voter but every time you sit at a 6:5, imagine that you're casting a vote for worse blackjack payouts whether you have an advantage or not.

As for even-money on a blackjack, assuming a 3:2 payout, you are doing the exact equivalent of an insurance bet. For example, if you bet a quarter and got a blackjack vs. dealer A, you could simply buy max. ins. for $12.50. If she doesn't have it, you lose 12.5 on the side-bet but win 37.50 on your bj. Hence, "even-money." If she did have it, you win $25 on the ins. bet (2:1 payout) but push the bj. Hence, "even-money."

Now if they allowed "even-money" on your bj., they'd be paying the correct amount when the dealer does have bj ($25) but the wrong amount when she doesn't. The correct amount when she doesn't have it would be for you to actually lose a $12.50 ins. bet but win a $30, 6:5 bj for a net win of $17.50, not $25. If they did pay it in this situation, they would in essence be paying 3:2 for your bj, not 6:5.

Yes, you've guessed it--Casinos are misleading customers whenever they offer "even-money"! And let me ask you, "If they're not willing to give up $7.50 when you have a winning bj vs. the dealer's ace, why would you be willing to give up $7.50 every time you have a winning bj vs. a dealer's everything?"