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    Frank
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    Frank: Blackjack Switch

    What affect does a casino allowing a patron with blackjack to take even money against the dealer ace in the game of Blackjack Switch have on the edge in an 8-deck game, h17, doa and split 3x4?

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    Don Schlesinger
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    Don Schlesinger: Re: Blackjack Switch

    > What affect does a casino allowing a patron with
    > blackjack to take even money against the dealer ace in
    > the game of Blackjack Switch have on the edge in an
    > 8-deck game, h17, doa and split 3x4?

    I think you're misunderstanding something. First, taking even money on a blackjack is the same as taking insurance, which, if you're not counting, is always a bad bet.

    Second, Blackjack Switch has nothing to do with your question, since, when you have a natural, you're not about to switch.

    So, if you're not counting, the answer to your question is: no affect at all, since you'll never take even money.

    Don

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    AndretheGiant
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    AndretheGiant: Re: Blackjack Switch

    > I think you're misunderstanding something. First,
    > taking even money on a blackjack is the same as taking
    > insurance, which, if you're not counting, is always a
    > bad bet.

    > Second, Blackjack Switch has nothing to do with your
    > question, since, when you have a natural, you're not
    > about to switch.

    > So, if you're not counting, the answer to your
    > question is: no affect at all, since you'll never take
    > even money.

    > Don
    Don In Blackjack switch Blackjack pays even money,and if the dealer has blackjack you would push,so taking even money would help the player.
    Also it is correct in some situations to switch when you have a blackjack.


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    Frank
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    Frank: Re: Blackjack Switch

    > I think you're misunderstanding something. First,
    > taking even money on a blackjack is the same as taking
    > insurance, which, if you're not counting, is always a
    > bad bet.

    > Second, Blackjack Switch has nothing to do with your
    > question, since, when you have a natural, you're not
    > about to switch.

    > So, if you're not counting, the answer to your
    > question is: no affect at all, since you'll never take
    > even money.

    > Don

    Thanks Don

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    Don Schlesinger
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    Don Schlesinger: Sorry

    > Don In Blackjack switch Blackjack pays even money,and
    > if the dealer has blackjack you would push, so taking
    > even money would help the player.

    Sorry. As you can tell, I'm not all that familiar with the rules of BJ Switch. My apologies.

    If BJ always pays even money but pushes a dealer's natural, then being allowed to get paid even when there is the potential for a push, when the dealer's ace turns into a natural also, surely is an advantage, albeit a small one. In essence you win one bet that you ordinarily wouldn't every time you and the dealer push with a natural. Since that happens, in a six-deck game, only 0.2167% of the time, that is the extra edge.

    > Also it is correct in some situations to switch when
    > you have a blackjack.

    Well, then, you would have to discount the above extra edge for those times when you would switch rather than take the even money. I'm sorry, but I don't know how frequently that happens. Can't imagine that it's very often.

    Don


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    AndretheGiant
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    AndretheGiant: Re: Sorry

    > Sorry. As you can tell, I'm not all that familiar with
    > the rules of BJ Switch. My apologies.

    > If BJ always pays even money but pushes a dealer's
    > natural, then being allowed to get paid even when
    > there is the potential for a push, when the dealer's
    > ace turns into a natural also, surely is an advantage,
    > albeit a small one. In essence you win one bet that
    > you ordinarily wouldn't every time you and the dealer
    > push with a natural. Since that happens, in a six-deck
    > game, only 0.2167% of the time, that is the extra
    > edge.

    > Well, then, you would have to discount the above extra
    > edge for those times when you would switch rather than
    > take the even money. I'm sorry, but I don't know how
    > frequently that happens. Can't imagine that it's very
    > often.
    I`m also sorry as you would not switch when the dealer shows an ace.Usually you would only switch a bj against an 7,8 or 9
    > Don

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    Don Schlesinger
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    Don Schlesinger: Re: Sorry

    > I`m also sorry as you would not switch when the dealer
    > shows an ace.Usually you would only switch a bj
    > against an 7,8 or 9

    Whew! Thought I was losing my mind altogether. :-) Hard to imagine dumping a natural, even if it does pay only even money.

    Don

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    Elhombre
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    Elhombre: Re: Blackjack Switch

    > Don In Blackjack switch Blackjack pays even money,and
    > if the dealer has blackjack you would push,so taking
    > even money would help the player.
    > Also it is correct in some situations to switch when
    > you have a blackjack.

    Hi Andre' are you still alive,

    is Blackjack your new job ?

    The best E.H.

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