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It doesn't matter which card the dealer takes. What is important is whether the player can lose more than their original wager if the dealer has a blackjack. For example, at Starnet casinos, if the dealer has a ten up, and the player has an 11 and doubles, then the dealer can draw an ace afterward, for a blackjack, and the player will lose both the original bet and the double. To adjust for this European no-peek rule, the player should be more conservative about doubling and splitting when the dealer has a potential blackjack.
For more information on the European no-hole-card rules, please see my European blackjack basic strategy.
Scientific Games has completed the acquisition of Tech Art, the gaming industry’s leading supplier of hole-card readers for blackjack. First announced in October, the acquisition of Tech Art will bring with it their innovative MAXTime 4H product, a combination of a blackjack hole-card reader and a chip tray, as well as the proprietary table games. To get an idea of one professional method of winning at blackjack without counting cards, see our Interview with RC, A Legendary Blackjack Hole-Card Player (but remember, it always pays to be nice to casino personnel). For more information on blackjack systems, see the Blackjack Forum Professional Gambling Library.
I just commented on this in my last newsletter. Two weeks ago I was playing blackjack in Germany where they also do not take a hole card. In this event the player loses the total bet if the dealer gets a blackjack, including the additional money bet after doubling or splitting. Basic strategy changes are to hit 11 against a 10, hit two 8's against a 10 or ace, and hit two aces against an ace.
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I’ve been questioned about this several times and continue to maintain that despite losing the total bet the option to draw to split aces overcomes the European no-peek rule, thus splitting is the better play. Based on one deck the expected value of each hand (considering the possibility of a dealer blackjack) is -0.532849 for hitting and -0.223277 for splitting. So splitting is better by about 31% of a unit. Splitting is also better for the 4-deck game, which no Microgaming player should be playing since a 1-deck game with the same rules is available.
No Peek 21 is a patented blackjack hole card reading device which indicates to the Dealer and the Players automatically if the Dealer's hand is a Blackjack without the Dealer peeking at the hole card. Blackjack X-Change is based on standard blackjack rules, which I assume that the reader is already familiar with. Following are the particulars and adjustments to conventional blackjack. An infinite number of decks are used. Dealer stands on soft 17. Blackjack pays 3 to 2. Dealer peeks at hole card for blackjack.
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Thanks. Payout percentages such as this are historical. For example King Neptune's casino posts their June 2006 report on their web site. The 96.78% for table games means that in June 2006 the ratio of money returned to money bet was 96.78%. In other words an actual house edge of 3.22%. Your own results will depend on the game rules, your skill (in games of decision making), and luck. In most games the odds are quantifiable so payout reports are not useful. It shouldn't matter to you how badly other players have played or the mix of games they chose. Where these reports are very useful is in evaluating the slots. No casino that I know of volunteers how loose their slots are theoretically set, but such payout reports gives the user a good idea. If looking at other months you see that King Neptune's pays about 96% in slots. I also think it is a good sign of a good operation to have return percentages independently verified. It shows the casino has nothing to hide.
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