Can anybody help me! I am playing in a casino on Saturday and know nothing of the specific rules, how many decks they use, etc. I've just about mastered basic strategy for a single deck. Will this be enought to get me by if they have multiple decks or should I try and learn the variations on basic strategy before then. Basically is single deck basic strategy enough to get me by in all situations?
Many thanks
Simon
> Can anybody help me! I am playing in a
> casino on Saturday and know nothing of the
> specific rules, how many decks they use,
> etc. I've just about mastered basic strategy
> for a single deck. Will this be enought to
> get me by if they have multiple decks or
> should I try and learn the variations on
> basic strategy before then. Basically is
> single deck basic strategy enough to get me
> by in all situations?
Short answer: Yes.
If you play the single deck strategy perfectly, you will be playing a stronger game than most of the players at the table.
There actually are not that many differences, and the ones that are different are close - you do not give up a lot by using the single deck strategy.
> There actually are not that many
> differences, and the ones that are different
> are close - you do not give up a lot by
> using the single deck strategy.
However, faced with learning only a single BS, if one has the choice between applying SD BS to multi-deck games of multi-deck BS to SD games, the latter is preferable and will cost less.
Don
> However, faced with learning only a single
> BS, if one has the choice between applying
> SD BS to multi-deck games of multi-deck BS
> to SD games, the latter is preferable and
> will cost less.
> Don
I've always wondered why double deck BS is not recommended as the best BS to use as a generic BS for all games; it seems like the perfect compromise.
I thought the idea was to learn a multi-deck strategy with liberal rules, then you can simply 'forget' some of the plays for DD and SD, instead of the other way around which seems more difficult.
> I've always wondered why double deck BS is
> not recommended as the best BS to use as a
> generic BS for all games; it seems like the
> perfect compromise.
> I thought the idea was to learn a multi-deck
> strategy with liberal rules, then you can
> simply 'forget' some of the plays for DD and
> SD, instead of the other way around which
> seems more difficult.
True. However, I'm referring to using one BS for all games regardless of the number of decks; i.e., a 'generic' BS. I'm just wondering if it would be better for a BS player who plays a variety of games (SD, DD, multi-deck), and who wants to use one BS for all of those games for the sake of simplicity, to use DD BS instead of multi-deck BS, which is what is normally recommended for use as a 'generic' BS.
...on this in a fairly recent issue of Blackjack Insider. Unfortunately, I don't have it on hand, perhaps someone else could post a link.
ANS
> However, faced with learning only a single
> BS, if one has the choice between applying
> SD BS to multi-deck games of multi-deck BS
> to SD games, the latter is preferable and
> will cost less.
> Don
True. However, the original poster said that he had already learned single deck BS and was going to be playing in a casino in 3 days.
See, the thing is, a generic BS isn't really valid, because rules are different, even in games with the same # of decks. What do you do when you can only double on only 9,10,11 and your generic BS tells you to double? Or when you can't DAS? Then you learn 'alternate' plays, i.e. a different BS table.
> True. However, I'm referring to using one BS
> for all games regardless of the number of
> decks; i.e., a 'generic' BS. I'm just
> wondering if it would be better for a BS
> player who plays a variety of games (SD, DD,
> multi-deck), and who wants to use one BS for
> all of those games for the sake of
> simplicity, to use DD BS instead of
> multi-deck BS, which is what is normally
> recommended for use as a 'generic' BS.
> See, the thing is, a generic BS isn't really
> valid, because rules are different, even in
> games with the same # of decks. What do you
> do when you can only double on only 9,10,11
> and your generic BS tells you to double? Or
> when you can't DAS?
Should be pretty obvious...most books make note of this anyway.
ANS
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