Blackjack Heads Up Vs Full Table
Should You Play Blackjack Solo or With Others?
There are a variety of games and playing situations available for blackjack play.Each player has his own preferences.Some players like to play at full tables; others prefer to play one on one.The way the games are dealt can affect the player's expectation — sometimes more than rule variations.
I will run through the options of playing alone or with others, giving you the pros and cons and telling you the options which are best for the blackjack player with a proven winning strategy.
Playing alone has its advantages.By playing one-on-one against the dealer, I can get in more hands per hour.I also don't have to worry about some other player commenting on my
play because I drew some card instead of standing, or stood instead of hitting, or otherwise offended him.I also avoid obnoxious players by playing alone.
Before he or she leaves, they lock up the two spots. Now if you are playing two hands, you get 2/3 of the table to yourself. You can do the same thing at your partner's table, so you each get to play close to a heads-up game. Just make sure to switch tables once in a while so they don't pick up your chips that are left at the 'other' table. The Blackjack Heads Up Vs Full Table best sign-up bonuses at casinos are those that are lucrative, easy to understand, and do not restrict the betting process. To this end, has put together a list of the best sign-up bonuses offered by the most popular casinos online. While blackjack tables at brick and mortar casinos can feature up to six or seven players, only three positions are prominently named with two of them discussed more so than the other. Additionally, blackjack tables aren’t always full so these seats may not always be taken. Our advice is to learn this chart, then move on to learning card counting and the blackjack deviations associated with the game you will be playing (H17 vs S17). There are also slight variations in strategy when you play a 6 deck game versus a single deck game.
The other side of the coin is that I am more visible when I play heads up with a dealer.My play is more likely to attract casino surveillance, especially when I am playing with black($100) chips.
Is there a compromise?Yes there is.Bring a companion with you, preferably one of the opposite sex, who can act as your accomplice or cohort in your mission to relieve the casino of
some of its stash.
The perfect gambit is for a fun loving couple to sit down and play a little blackjack, especially if they are friendly to the dealer and floor personnel.
Of course, you will only want a faster game if you have a proven winning strategy.Most blackjack players would be better off playing at full tables so that they will at least lose at a slower rate.
However, it you are using an effective winning strategy, such as the Power Blackjack Strategy, then you will want to play as fast as possible since this will increase your winnings per hour.
It is not necessary that your partner know the Power Blackjack Strategy.I recommend that he or she at least learn the Down and Dirty Playing Strategy presented in chapter 4 of the Power Blackjack manual.This strategy can be learned in less than half an hour.If your partner only
learns this strategy, he or she should make small wagers.
On the other hand, becoming a skilled Power Blackjack player can substantially increase your earnings as well as your partner's.If you are married, your spouse is much more likely to become an enthusiastic supporter of your gambling activities if he or she is involved.If you are a single man, I can think of worse ploys than to invite an attractive female companion for a trip to Las Vegas.Women love conspiracies, and if you let her in on your little secret (that you beat the casinos) and ask her to act as your co-conspirator, who knows what might transpire.
If I don't have a playing partner, my next preference is to play at a table with one or two other persons.Another player or two is enough to provide some cover for my level of skill without my having to tolerate crowded playing conditions.
The number of players at the table will definitely affect the number of hands you play per hour.The table below shows how the hands played per hour will vary with the number of players.
| Number of Players at Table | Average Number of Hands Per Hour |
| 7 | 55 |
| 6 | 65 |
| 5 | 75 |
| 4 | 90 |
| 3 | 110 |
| 2 | 150 |
| 1 | 250 |
I had my staff conduct a survey of Power Blackjack players not too long ago.We found that the average person using this strategy regularly is winning a solid $1,373.53 a day!
If you are willing to play two to three hours a day for five days a week, you can count on winning an average of $6,865 a week.
What's more, even making the smallest wagers at fairly slow tables will net you $154 an hour.To increase your winning rate, all you have to do is play at a faster table.
An easy way to increase your blackjack winnings per hour is to play against Internet casinos.Not only is this convenient, since you don't even have to leave home to play, it is easy to win over $700 an hour using the same bets that might net you only $154 an hour in a land-based casino.The faster game can really pay off!
The Power Blackjack Strategy has been called 'the most reliable blackjack strategy ever created.'Isn't it time you added it to your repertoire of winning systems?
If you would like to find out right now what this strategy can do for you, you need to grab the free report - How to Make $10,000 a Week Using the Power Blackjack Strategy.It's available for download at no cost here.
Yours for learning the $1,373.53 a day strategy,
Blackjack Heads Up Vs Full Table Set
Russell Hunter
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Did you know that you can play more than one hand of blackjack at a time in most casinos?
If a table is full, this isn’t possible. But at most casinos, the blackjack tables aren’t quite full. I see a lot of my fellow gamblers playing two hands simultaneously. You’re not limited to just two hands either. You could even play three hands at the same time if you needed to.
Is this a good idea or not? A simple answer might be to think about what playing multiple hands does to your average win or loss rate.
If you’re a recreational player, even if you use basic strategy, playing multiple hands simultaneously just means you’ll lose more money faster. But if you’re an advantage blackjack player, playing multiple hands simultaneously will result in a higher average hourly win rate.
If you’re thinking about playing two hands at a time instead of just one, you should examine your reasoning for this rationally. If you think it’s just going to change your luck, you shouldn’t do it. The number of hands you’re playing doesn’t affect luck in any way because, after all, luck is just standard deviation.
The house edge will stay the same regardless of how many hands you’re playing.
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What Playing Multiple Hands Does
Let’s look at a few different scenarios.
In the first scenario, you decide to play one hand at a time for $5 per hand. You’re using perfect basic strategy, and the house edge in this specific casino is only 0.4%. It’s a two-deck game with good rules. It’s also the middle of the afternoon, and the casino isn’t busy, so you’re playing heads up against the dealer. This means you’re getting in 200 hands per hour.
The amount you’re mathematically expected to lose in this scenario is easy to calculate. You multiply the number of bets you’re making per hour (200) by their size ($5) to get your total amount of hourly action.
In this case, you’re putting $1000 into action per hour. The house edge is the amount the casino expects to win in the long run, so you multiply the house edge by the action. That gives you an expected hourly loss of $4.
Now, let’s take a second scenario. It’s the same table, same rules, same amount per hand, and same perfect strategy on your part.
But because you’re playing two hands per hour, the game slows down a little bit to 160 hands per hour, but multiplied by 2, since you’re playing both of them.
Now, you’re getting in 320 hands per hour, which means your hourly action jumps to $1600. 0.4% of $1600 is $6.40 per hour in expected losses. It’s obvious that you’re going to lose more money playing two hands per hour.
Also, the more hands you get in, the closer your actual results will get to the mathematically expected results. In other words, if you’re hoping to capitalize on a short-term lucky streak, you reduce the probability of doing that by playing so many hands.
Now, let’s look at a third scenario. You’re playing the same game, but you’re counting cards, and you have a 0.4% edge over the house instead of playing against a house edge of 0.4%.
Instead of an expected loss per hour of $4, you now have an expected win per hour of $4. AND if you play two hands instead of one, you have an expected win per hour of $6.40.
Since you’re counting cards, you get more information faster by seeing more cards per hand, too. The more cards you see, the more accurate your count becomes.
One More Example of Playing Multiple Blackjack Hands at Once
I want to look at one more scenario. This time, instead of playing for $5 per hand, you have a player who’s
betting $100 per hand.
That’s 200 hands per hour at $100 per hand, or $20,000 in hourly action. 0.4% of that is $80 in expected losses per hour.
What if this player decides to start playing two hands at a time instead of just one, and he only bets $50 per hand? He’s still putting $100 “per round” into action, but the action slows down because of the extra hands.
Instead of 200 bets per hour at $100, he’s getting in 320 bets per hour in at $50 per hand, or $16,000 in hourly action. His hourly expected loss goes down to $64 instead of $80.
If this player were counting cards with an edge of 0.4%, his hourly win rate would drop correspondingly. This seems counterintuitive, but if you think about it, this is the case.
Some Conclusions to Draw From All this Math
The first conclusion is that if you’re not changing the size of your bets, but you’re making almost twice as many bets per hour, you’ll lose (or win) more money based on your mathematical expectation. Average players will lose more per hour, and advantage players will win more per hour.
But if you reduce the size of your bets AND reduce the number of hands you’re getting per hour, you’ll lose (or win) more money, again based on your mathematical expectation.
Most of my readers are basic blackjack strategy players. This means that, over time, they’re going to see a net loss. But that net loss is lower than you’d see at almost any game in the casino.
My hope for that player would be that they’d realize the importance of getting in fewer hands per hour. The fewer hands you play per hour, the less money you’ll lose on average over time.
Playing two hands at once is one way to get in fewer hands per hour, but it’s not the only way. You could also limit your play to tables with a minimum number of players.
If you stick with games where there were at least four other players at the table, you’d only play 70 hands per hour instead of 200 or 160. You could afford to bet more per hand and still lose less money per hour at such a table.
And if you stick with your other betting amounts, you’d save a lot of money and have a lot of fun socializing while you’re at it.
Conclusion
The pros of playing multiple hands of blackjack at the same time are simple enough.
- If you have an edge over the casino, you can make more money per hour doing this.
- If you don’t, you can put the same amount of money into play per round by playing two hands instead of one and betting half the amount. This will reduce your hourly expected loss rate.
The cons of playing multiple hands of blackjack are simple enough, too.
- You’re less likely to see a lucky winning streak based on short term variance.
- You’re going to lose more money per hour if you don’t reduce your bet size, because you’ll be getting in more hands per hour for the same amount per hand.
Should you play multiple hands of blackjack simultaneously? That depends on all the factors discussed above.
Are you a card counter? Do you think you’ll try to earn more by playing two hands at a time after reading this? Are you a basic strategy player? Do you think you’ll try to get in less action per hour to try to reduce your hourly loss rate?
Let me know in the comments.
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