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[MikeA]

Kinda like how Mike would stalk the BJ tables for fresh victims!Well Ed, it isn't the tourist I'm after with scouting BJ tables <LOL>I'm looking for a sloppy dealer providing deep penetration at a table with third base open, and a pit crew more interested in a Lady Godiva at ANOTHER table than ME.  Oh, good rules would be fine too <LOL>  But then, I just described an AP's heaven!

[bigsteve5273@yahoo.c]

[QUOTE=MikeA] I'm looking for a sloppy dealer providing deep penetration at a table with third base open, and a pit crew more interested in a Lady Godiva at ANOTHER table than ME.      Now this is the type of info we need.  No wonder you are the master.   Not yet ready to devote the time required to learn good strategy, counting and the critical minutia necessary to do well but you have convinced me that black jack is something required  if I intend to spend much time in Vegas.   For now the simpler math of VP and  and a few thought experiments shall suffice rather than the unquantifiable aspects of hold 'em.   Other than playing hold'em against the occasional drunk or tourist who plays poorly,  I see no profit playing with the sharks.

[EDC1977]

BigSteve; although I've never learned the game, most experts will tell you craps can be just as profitable if not more with less than a 2% house edge to boot! I stood and watched my brother in law earn 2k in less than 15 minutes. (I know you can do that on a 50 cent VP pull)plus for some reason, the comp points are better.

[MikeA]

[QUOTE=MikeA] I'm looking for a sloppy dealer providing deep penetration at a table with third base open, and a pit crew more interested in a Lady Godiva at ANOTHER table than ME.      Now this is the type of info we need.  No wonder you are the master.   Not yet ready to devote the time required to learn good strategy, counting and the critical minutia necessary to do well but you have convinced me that black jack is something required  if I intend to spend much time in Vegas.   For now the simpler math of VP and  and a few thought experiments shall suffice rather than the unquantifiable aspects of hold 'em.   Other than playing hold'em against the occasional drunk or tourist who plays poorly,  I see no profit playing with the sharks. Oh, I don't know.  By playing with the Sharks, you might get the autograph of a TV Poker celebrity!  It would cost you your posterior end though!

[EDC1977]

 
  Oh, good rules would be fine too <LOL>  But then, I just described an AP's heaven!

  You mean like 3/2 as opposed to 6/5?

[MikeA]

[QUOTE=MikeA]   Oh, good rules would be fine too <LOL>  But then, I just described an AP's heaven!
  You mean like 3/2 as opposed to 6/5?[/QUOTE]Well, "yeah", certainly 3:2 as opposed to 6:5 on blackjacks.  That's one of the main cons casinos are using these days to rip off the tourists.  It accounts for something 1.5 to 2% DISADVANTAGE to the players by itself!  Most veterans will not play those tables and I think casinos are beginning to come around....Binion's is but they still have 6:5 Single Deck!  So, if you want 3:2 single deck, you're going to probably visit El Cortez!  That's not a bad thing.But there are other good rules.  By far and away, there are TWO that stand out above the rest:  Double Deck or good Single Deck will remove .20% to .40% on SD from the casino's advantage.  Couple that with the dealers STANDING on ALL Seventeens for another .20% and you've accounted for most of the house's mathematical advantage.The other rules like doubling on anything and double after splitting and splitting up to four hands add up along with the rest of the rules, but by far and away, the number of decks and the "seventeen" rule determine the lions share of the house edge.