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Originally Posted by Katie Scarlett
Check out Mantaraya's blackjack tutorial. It's awesome. There is a blackjack table link on it, too. I don't know how to link to it from here, but this is the title:
Mantaraya's cheating at blackjack tutorial
I've just used the table and come out with 2000 gold more. I've still lost some, but never more than I came in with.
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Thanks for the props Katie! Here's the link:
http://www.piratesonlineforums.com/f...ead.php?t=5941
Blackjack at any casino is a fairly even game. Because the dealer has to play by specific rules (always hit until 17), if you play by
exactly the same rules as the dealer does, it should be a 50/50 game (you win just as much as you lose). In fact, sometimes you will win MORE money if you play just like the dealer, because lots of places give you a 50% bonus for hitting blackjack on the deal, but the dealer doesn't get a bonus if he hits blackjack. So the odds might actually be in your favor. If you are able to count cards, you can even get a statistical advantage on the dealer (which is why it's illegal to "count cards" in Vegas). Leave it to Las Vegas to make math illegal.
So how does Vegas make money on a game where the odds might actually be in your favor, if you play just like the dealer? Well, they have lots of ways (including buffets), but here's two:
(1) You get bored and take your blackjack winnings to the slot machines or roulette tables where the odds are in favor of the house, and the casino wins the money back.
(2) People don't quit when they are winning. They quit when they are losing. Blackjack produces winning and losing streaks, and the house can handle ANY losing streak until it wins. People, on the other hand, will KEEP PLAYING when they are winning, until they start losing. But when they are losing, they stop playing. In other words, people
choose to quit playing in such a way that favors the house. That's one of the crazy things about blackjack. The casino can operate a game where the odds are in the favor of the player, and
still win more money.
Well, at any rate, I guess I'm rambling. The point is that those casino rules and statistics don't completely work in POTCO Blackjack, because the dealer cheats. Eventually you will lose more than you make, unless you cheat too. Cheat well, and you can win big. Cheat poorly or not at all, and you will eventually lose more than you win.
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