I was playing at some SD games this weekend and noticed the Rule of 6 in effect and it started to get me thinking... Assuming that we use up 2.4 cards per person per round on average, with 1 person, dealer deals out 14.4 cards (28% of the deck), but with 3 people, dealer deals out 24 cards (46% of the deck).

Intuitively, wouldn't it be smarter to bet 3 hands to get deeper penetration? 2.4 cards is just a constant: it looks like with any constant number of cards dealt, 3 hands is always better than 1, from a penetration point of view.

As you move to Rule of 7, that optimal # of hands shifts up to between 3 and 4 hands.

Has anybody done any research on this?