Single Deck Black Jack

[Deckhawk]

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?

[cb at sea]

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.

[ParrothdJH]

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

[familyak3]

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 :)

[sanjim]

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.

[JP32]

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.

[Silverscreencruiser]

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%.

[JP32]

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.