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Vegas Weekend: The biggest heist of all time
SwoopTheMoon
Member Posts: 93
in Tug Tavern
Fellow bro's-I am hoping that we can all become friends and unite behind a single subject. As I prepare to depart for a vegas bros weekend staying at the Bellagio and have remembered the biggest Vegas heist of all time…6-5 Blackjack Payout…
How do we combat this with strategy? Do we increase our double downs aka always double on 11? Aggressive splits? Let me know your thoughts so I can really tell who the sharks are!
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Spaz can’t even figure out basic blackjack odds.
Wanna play some poker, Corky?
Check out the Blackjack Apprentice channel on YouTube. He actually breaks this down. You can still get 3/2 blackjack payouts, but only at higher bet tables. The house edge if playing perfect blackjack at a 3/2 table is something like .5% without card counting, while the 6/5 blackjack payout increases the house edge to around 2%. He goes to as far as saying that card counting at a 6/5 table isn't profitable long term. As each added true count in the decks translates into only a .5% edge to the player. So in standard 3/2 blackjack, you need a true count of 2 to have an edge. But with a 6/5 table, you need a true count of 5 or more. This creates far fewer opportunities and more time burning through minimum bets until the right time comes, and even then, simple variance makes it a nightmare with such small margins. His only solution to stop the 6/5 tables is to boycott them completely. It will also only be a matter of time until they start using automatic continuous shuffling tables with 6/5 blackjack payout.
By comparison here are the typical casino house edge at the tables:
Baccarat - 1.1% if player always bets with the banker
Craps - .5% house if you strictly play the pass line and certain odds bets
Roulette - 2.7% with one zero and 5.3% with the double zero added
Video Poker - 1%
Slots - penny slots (8-12%) nickel slots (6-12%) quarter slots (5-10%) Dollar slots (2.5-6%)
6/5 blackjack is on par with roulette when it comes to odds, and must always be avoided.
Have fun in Vegas, Suck
Go to a 25 buck plus a hand table, those are usually 3 to 2
Someone is going to be looking for the nickel slots before 7:00 hoping he gets a free drink and then thinking the 50+ yo cocktail waitress is looking mighty nice.