It is an especially very well-known
fact that of all of the varieties of blackjack that are played in casinos, single-deck
blackjack, of all the variants of blackjack which can be found in casinos, offers
the best the odds to a blackjack player. Though this is known, it is not entirely
true .
Within a blackjack game the overall odds are the same whether you are playing
a single deck, double deck or any number of decks. But because it is easier when
using a single deck to keep track of the shifting odds, single-deck blackjack
is preferred by serious players. It is for this reason alone, that it is recommended
to look for the casinos which offer single-deck blackjack .
There are times when it can be a little bit hard to find a casino that offers
true single-deck blackjack and this is for several reasons. The first reason
is that casinos know well that serious blackjack players will have been told
to look for single-deck blackjack
tables, and that they will be very unlikely to make good money from a table filled
with serious players .
Therefore, casinos will often make the attempt to lessen this situation by either
telling the dealer to keep a count of the cards and to shuffle them when the
odds appear to be really good and in the favour of the players, or they can try
pulling another trick .
If they tell their dealers to shuffle, and they do this regularly just as the
players feel that they are about able to start making money, this casino will
not be able to keep regular blackjack customers for long. So the trick that many
casino operators are using in the single-deck games is this: they reduce the
payout rate for a player's "natural blackjack" from the usual $3 that
is paid out for every $2 bet to the new rate of $6 that is only paid for every
$5 bet .
A "natural blackjack" may be explained as being a two-card total making
twenty-one which is consisting of an ace and a card of ten value, and it is known
to be far more common than a blackjack achieved with three or more cards .
So this leads to a very severe reduction of the odds, a reduction of as much
as twenty percent in the payout for the most common wins. The resulting effect
of this change is to move the odds over in favour of the casino by approximately
one and a quarter percent
- and this means that the odds for a player are even worse than they would have
been if they were playing the usual multi-deck casino blackjack game with the
usual rules and regulations.
So watch out for these tricks when you are playing at a casino that might be
looking to take advantage of your possible lack of comprehension. |
