Hello,
I'm in Cairo Egypt. Here they have the most generous blackjack rules I have ever seen.
The good:
1. Early surrender
2. Double after splits
3. Resplitting of Aces
4. Dealer stays on soft 17
5. Double any two cards
6. Blackjack pays 3:2
7. Dealer deals 80% of the shoe.
The bad
1. European rules (no hole card)
2. No peak blackjack (The dealer doesn't peak for blackjack and therefor you will lose an entire double)
3. 6 Deck shoe
I did the math using Wizard of Odds and came up with a positive expectation of +1.3%. I've been playing for 3 months using perfect basic strategy a la European rules, everyday for 2 hours a day. I've averaged about 100 hands per hour and I always bet minimum $5 USD. But, after three months I lost $450. In fact, I've lost consistently 9/10 days.
Again, please help me. Is my math wrong? Why am I consistenly losing? Remember I've played over 135 hours and have bet over $67,500.
I'm not using a counting system. I'm only using perfect basic strategy.
Thank you!
Bookmarks