All things considered, I must admit that the concept of the Blackjack Switch variation on standard Blackjack, sounds kind of fun, at least at first glance.

You give the player a big advantage, and then find a set of rules you can give back to the House, to return things close to the "balance" on regular Blackjack.

A real challenge to the math guys, I bet.

And what a challenge to come up with an optimum strategy! It's not that you just make the best two hands you can, because the Rule changes change the expectations of several card combinations.

If nothing else, and exercise in analyzing this game will make you appreciate regular Blackjack!

Looking forward to discussing this more on Don's Domain, if BJ Switch actually catches on in the Casino.

I wonder if it will turn out that the BJ rules given back to the House disproportionately "hurt" a card counter, and can't be made up by the hand switches?

- John Auston