The Prince: Dear Don

[The Prince]

Forgive me in advance for any of the questions that I ask that have already been asked a quadrazillion times before. I noticed on Trackjack that some casinos around the world have a player advantage of as much as .499 percent. What's to stop a guy from walking in there, flat betting with basic strategy, and winning consistently?

[Ouchez]

> Forgive me in advance for any of the
> questions that I ask that have already been
> asked a quadrazillion times before. I
> noticed on Trackjack that some casinos
> around the world have a player advantage of
> as much as .499 percent. What's to stop a
> guy from walking in there, flat betting with
> basic strategy, and winning consistently?

I watched a guy flat bet 2 hands of $500 a few days ago and he cashed out $9000. Bought in for $600, ya. House edge for a perfect basic player was .22. this guy was not a perfect player and did make mistakes. Now at one time he was up $15,000. He had enough sense to get out before he lost it all back, shoulda left with the $15,000.

Ouchez.

[Don Schlesinger]

> Forgive me in advance for any of the
> questions that I ask that have already been
> asked a quadrazillion times before. I
> noticed on Trackjack that some casinos
> around the world have a player advantage of
> as much as .499 percent.

They must be the ones with early surrender. Ah, the good ol' days of A.C.! But that edge seems awfully high.

>What's to stop a
> guy from walking in there, flat betting with
> basic strategy, and winning consistently?

Short answer: Nothing. Of course, even the slightest spread might double that edge, and 0.5% will certainly produce a lot of fluctuations, but it's a decent edge, and, given enough time, flat-betting will certainly get the money.

Don

[The Prince]

> I watched a guy flat bet 2 hands of $500 a
> few days ago and he cashed out $9000. Bought
> in for $600, ya. House edge for a perfect
> basic player was .22. this guy was not a
> perfect player and did make mistakes. Now at
> one time he was up $15,000. He had enough
> sense to get out before he lost it all back,
> shoulda left with the $15,000.

> Ouchez.

Sounds like he got off pretty lucky for not playing perfect basic strategy. Where was this casino at? .22 is a pretty nice edge.

The Prince

[Ouchez]

> Sounds like he got off pretty lucky for not
> playing perfect basic strategy. Where was
> this casino at? .22 is a pretty nice edge.

> The Prince

"BJ Warriors never reveal the location of a fine game".

Regards,
Ouchez.