Sometimes the D shows your first card in advance

[Stealth Bomber]

Scenario staged as follows:

You are the player at a shoe game. You're on first base for whatever reason. The D is sloppy with the cards and inadvertently you notice that the first card you're going to receive is gonna be an ace. The TC is zero. Your bet off the top has most often been minimum. The table limit is $25 - $2000 and your bank roll is $20K.

How much is your bet going to be?

What if the situation was the same as above and you knew you were going to receive a face card as you're first card?

 

[LV Bear]

Bet $2000.00 on either the Ace or the face

The Ace as your first card gives you about a 52% advantage, the face card about 13%. Because of the small bankroll, whether the bankroll is replenishable or not, and depending on your risk tolerance, you may wish to bet less on the face. But to bet less than the max you can get down with a known Ace coming is foolish. The EV in this situation is far greater than many, many hours of grinding with a small bankroll.

I once had a free ace coupon on which the max bet was the table max of $500.00, because of an error by a casino marketing department. I bet the $500.00, and got the $750.00 blackjack.

 

[Stealth Bomber]

Re: Bet $2000.00 on either the Ace or the face

Thank you. I was sure about the ace but not the 10. Only other thing is to somehow present the right act so as to not appear as though I saw the card. Laying 2 grand quickly on the table for a 'paper play' can bring on a lot of suspicion on the part of the pit crew. I can assume that if they think I saw the card, they could choose to burn 3 cards instead of 1.

 

[V-man]

What about 9,8,...

Like SB, I knew we had an advantage on 10, but didn't know how much exactly.
What about 9 or even 8? I don't think there is any advantage on 8?