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Re: How to play continuous blackjack

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Post by nvader »

AreYouSirius wrote: post #7

Casinos shuffle cards after every 1-5 draws, online casinos shuffle cards after every draw, so COUNTING CARD IS DEAD. AND WAS VERY LONG TIME AGO 99.99% of youtube channels dealing with counting cards are SCAM.

Please read the actual article, which about a mathematical game using a continuous random distribution. Other than the name, it is very dissimilar to the Casino game.

Re: How to play continuous blackjack

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Post by hot_gril »

AreYouSirius wrote: post #8
AreYouSirius wrote: post #7

Casinos shuffle cards after every 1-5 draws, online casinos shuffle cards after every draw, so COUNTING CARD IS DEAD. AND WAS VERY LONG TIME AGO 99.99% of youtube channels dealing with counting cards are SCAM.

so even if everything in that paper is VALID mathematically, in reality it will not work because blackjack in casinos is DIFFERENT game then one that is played in this paper.

The paper isn't claiming anywhere to tell you how to play in casinos.

Re: How to play continuous blackjack

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Post by hot_gril »

coopreme wrote: post #9
AreYouSirius wrote: post #7

Casinos shuffle cards after every 1-5 draws, online casinos shuffle cards after every draw, so COUNTING CARD IS DEAD. AND WAS VERY LONG TIME AGO 99.99% of youtube channels dealing with counting cards are SCAM.

There are still many Vegas casinos where you get 3/2 odds on blackjack and play with a six deck shoe. Don’t give business to the strip CSM and 6/5 games if you don’t like it.

In Vegas in 2021, I was surprised to see double or even (rarely) single 0 roulette tables mostly empty, right next to full triple-0 tables with the same min bet. Players seemed to understand the game too, so I guess the better table had just opened up and they didn't feel like moving.

Re: How to play continuous blackjack

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Post by mentalpiracy »

coopreme wrote: post #9
AreYouSirius wrote: post #7

Casinos shuffle cards after every 1-5 draws, online casinos shuffle cards after every draw, so COUNTING CARD IS DEAD. AND WAS VERY LONG TIME AGO 99.99% of youtube channels dealing with counting cards are SCAM.

There are still many Vegas casinos where you get 3/2 odds on blackjack and play with a six deck shoe. Don’t give business to the strip CSM and 6/5 games if you don’t like it.

The Cromwell, mid-strip, has 3/2 odds on its tables. Most tables are 6-8 deck shoes, and I believe there is one or two tables of single deck.

Re: How to play continuous blackjack

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Post by whiterock »

AreYouSirius wrote: post #8
AreYouSirius wrote: post #7

Casinos shuffle cards after every 1-5 draws, online casinos shuffle cards after every draw, so COUNTING CARD IS DEAD. AND WAS VERY LONG TIME AGO 99.99% of youtube channels dealing with counting cards are SCAM.

so even if everything in that paper is VALID mathematically, in reality it will not work because blackjack in casinos is DIFFERENT game then one that is played in this paper.

it‘s a mathematical excursion… it‘s not meant to be a real life applicable thing. read the article before posting please :)

Re: How to play continuous blackjack

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Post by jtokoph »

SilasX wrote: post #6

What is going on? I remember seeing this several days ago, which the search feature confirms[1], but now, it appears again with the same story URL but is now only two hours old? With all comments forward-dated too? [1] https://hn.algolia.com/?q=continuous+blackjack

HN admins/mods are able to give posts that they deem interesting a second chance.

Re: How to play continuous blackjack

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Post by jamal-kumar »

coopreme wrote: post #9
AreYouSirius wrote: post #7

Casinos shuffle cards after every 1-5 draws, online casinos shuffle cards after every draw, so COUNTING CARD IS DEAD. AND WAS VERY LONG TIME AGO 99.99% of youtube channels dealing with counting cards are SCAM.

There are still many Vegas casinos where you get 3/2 odds on blackjack and play with a six deck shoe. Don’t give business to the strip CSM and 6/5 games if you don’t like it.

Bally's has the single-deck blackjack going on but if you win too hard someone comes up to you to warn you that you're winning too hard

Re: How to play continuous blackjack

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Post by alexmolas »

AreYouSirius wrote: post #8
AreYouSirius wrote: post #7

Casinos shuffle cards after every 1-5 draws, online casinos shuffle cards after every draw, so COUNTING CARD IS DEAD. AND WAS VERY LONG TIME AGO 99.99% of youtube channels dealing with counting cards are SCAM.

so even if everything in that paper is VALID mathematically, in reality it will not work because blackjack in casinos is DIFFERENT game then one that is played in this paper.

you're right! The article is not about the usual blackjack but a continuous version of the game, however I find interesting to understand this kind of problems. And maybe some day the casinos will start playing this version of the game ;)
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