Online blackjack pro

[Lyric]

I know a guy who claims to be an online blackjack pro.

As far as I know, it's impossible to play +EV blackjack online, correct?

[bpb]

incorrect

bonuses

[Thremp]

He's a bonus whore /images/graemlins/tongue.gif

[Kerth]

According to WoO (http://wizardofodds.com/bossmedia) the Boss Media's single deck BJ has a player edge of 0.11%.

[AlienBoy]

How? Depth charging?

I thought Online BJ was reshuffled/continuously shuffled per hand and thus uncountable?


AB

[bpb]

You don't need to count to make a BJ game +EV with basic strategy if its single deck with liberal rules

[jman220]

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You don't need to count to make a BJ game +EV with basic strategy if its single deck with liberal rules

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How is the number of deck's relevant if you're not counting?

[stigmata]

What about these sites with "live" webcam bj, shouldnt it be real easy to card count these sites? Spreading your play across several accounts/sites perhaps it would be possible to evade detection for a while?

But otherwise, you can in theory make $15/hour playing the boss media single deck game (i imagine u would get banned sooner or later though, although ppl have played max bet for several days and nothing happened), plus whoring other sites, no reason you can't make a living playing BJ online.

IMHO Your better off playing low stakes poker, however.

[cardcounter0]

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How is the number of deck's relevant if you're not counting?

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The smaller the number of decks, the smaller the House Edge. Single deck with liberal rules (S17, DOA, DAS, SP4)would actually be +EV with basic strategy (or hand-composition basic strategy).

[jman220]

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How is the number of deck's relevant if you're not counting?

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The smaller the number of decks, the smaller the House Edge. Single deck with liberal rules (S17, DOA, DAS, SP4)would actually be +EV with basic strategy (or hand-composition basic strategy).

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Once again, how does the number of decks affect the house edge if you're not counting? I'm not arguing, I just don't understand how it makes a difference if you're not counting. My understanding was that obviously less decks is ahuge advantage to a counter, because you have a better idea of what cards are left based on what cards you've already seen, but if you're not counting, how is HE affected?

[cardcounter0]

Basic Strategy is partly based on what cards have been dealt (the cards in your hand and the dealer's up card).
Basic Strategy is kind of counting 3 cards. So if you are only going to count 3 cards, Basic Strategy is more effective when it is going up against 49 remaining unknown cards vs a 6 deck shoe of 309 unknown cards.

Example - you are dealt 6,5 and the dealer is showing a 6. Basic strategy says double down. What is the chance of getting a T for 21?

In single deck - 16 tens/49 unseen cards = 32.65%
In 6 deck shoe - 96 tens/309 unseen cards = 31.06%

[jman220]

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Basic Strategy is partly based on what cards have been dealt (the cards in your hand and the dealer's up card).
Basic Strategy is kind of counting 3 cards. So if you are only going to count 3 cards, Basic Strategy is more effective when it is going up against 49 remaining unknown cards vs a 6 deck shoe of 309 unknown cards.

Example - you are dealt 6,5 and the dealer is showing a 6. Basic strategy says double down. What is the chance of getting a T for 21?

In single deck - 16 tens/49 unseen cards = 32.65%
In 6 deck shoe - 96 tens/309 unseen cards = 31.06%

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Ah, I see, thank you.

[Ron Burgundy]

The other +EV game is Playtech blackjack switch. The game itself has a .05% house advantage, but most Playtechs offer .1% cash back, so it's actually a .05% player advantage. While the Boss casinos that offer the single deck game have a max bet of either $100 or $200, there's a few Playtechs that have $500-$1000 max bets, so you could theoretically make more per hour at bj switch.

[stigmata]

yeah probably need a $mil roll though....