Deckhawk Posted August 10, 2010 #1 Share Posted August 10, 2010 I'm curious to the board's opinion of single deck BJ. I have seen it on RCI and I'm not normally a BJ player but it looked enticing....almost too good. There's gotta be a catch but I didn't have too much time to check it out. Are the BJs payed at terrible odds? Anyone have experience with it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cb at sea Posted August 10, 2010 #2 Share Posted August 10, 2010 The odds at single deck BJ aren't as good as with multiple decks you only get 1X for BJ, instead of 1 1/2 X....the rules are a bit different, too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ParrothdJH Posted August 10, 2010 #3 Share Posted August 10, 2010 I'm curious to the board's opinion of single deck BJ. I have seen it on RCI and I'm not normally a BJ player but it looked enticing....almost too good. There's gotta be a catch but I didn't have too much time to check it out. Are the BJs payed at terrible odds? Anyone have experience with it? It is too good to be true. Almost all single deck game pay 6-5 on BJ instead of 3-2. Most won't let you double down except on 9, 10 or 11. This is giving the house a bigger edge. Plus they cut at least halfway in the deck, so very little chance of card counting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
familyak3 Posted August 11, 2010 #4 Share Posted August 11, 2010 Just got back from the Voyager and played both single and 6-8 deck blackjack. Single deck BJ pays 6:5. Other than that you were not able to enter the game while the deck is in play. The other main difference was the dealer dealt very fast with the single deck. Either way I won and lost playing both ways. I ended up breaking even after 7 days :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sanjim Posted August 22, 2010 #5 Share Posted August 22, 2010 You are getting screwed by playing single deck, 6/5 blackjack. The odds are in favor of the casino in any game, but 6/5 the odds are really in the casino favor. If people would not play 6/5 single deck, the casinos would not even have the game. I suggest everybody boycotts single deck 6/5 blackjack. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JP32 Posted August 22, 2010 #6 Share Posted August 22, 2010 It is too good to be true. Almost all single deck game pay 6-5 on BJ instead of 3-2. Most won't let you double down except on 9, 10 or 11. This is giving the house a bigger edge. Plus they cut at least halfway in the deck, so very little chance of card counting With the automatic shuffle after every hand you can't really count anymore anyway otherwise I would prefer single deck as long as blackjack paid the same. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silverscreencruiser Posted August 23, 2010 #7 Share Posted August 23, 2010 Blackjack with current cruise rules (dealer hits soft 17, doubling after splitting allowed, resplit pairs except aces, double any two cards, BJ pays 3-2, automatic shuffler) has a house edge of .63% assuming proper basic strategy. Single deck blackjack with the same rules would have a house edge of .007%. No house in the world is going to offer a player a game with odds like that. However, if blackjack pays 6-5, the house edge goes to 1.4%, a much worse game for the player. And if you limit doubling down to 9-11, the house edge goes to 1.55%. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JP32 Posted August 24, 2010 #8 Share Posted August 24, 2010 Blackjack with current cruise rules (dealer hits soft 17, doubling after splitting allowed, resplit pairs except aces, double any two cards, BJ pays 3-2, automatic shuffler) has a house edge of .63% assuming proper basic strategy. Single deck blackjack with the same rules would have a house edge of .007%. No house in the world is going to offer a player a game with odds like that. However, if blackjack pays 6-5, the house edge goes to 1.4%, a much worse game for the player. And if you limit doubling down to 9-11, the house edge goes to 1.55%. They used to in Vegas for years but as soon as they put in the auto shuffle my blackjack days were over. Circus Circus and a few others used to not only do it but played almost the whole deck and it was like taking candy from a baby. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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