u/Shine-Mammoth

I visited a casino recently that had a hand shuffle double deck, I was in 3rd base and noticed the dealer was shuffling kind of weird error when cutting. Basically the dealer flicked their thumbs out and shuffles violently, making the first 15-20 cards visible for .5-1 second on either side of the deck depending on where you are seated.

My friend and I happened to be counting cards together and he was in first base. I noticed this so I started cutting based on what cards I saw coming out next. I also noticed face cards coming out next, so I told my buddy to play the side bet which was LL or some variant where 19,20,21 pays if you hit. He didn't play it, because he didn't realize what i was doing. If he did, he would've hit it like 3x within 1hr.

Now I humbly ask the hole carding gods (Reddit AP's) how do I calculate the advantage and sim this advantage... I already asked Gina lol, she gave me a few good tips but I need a realistic way too calculate this.

I know some of you heavy hitters have had a game that is similar to this.

(I killed my last hole-card game and I don't want to kill this)

I got freeplay from a sports betting promotion I took advantage of, so I decided to tryout their BJ and I got the goofiest pop-up when I tried to hit soft 18.

My bookie has a pop-up to prevent you from playing basic strategy.

It reminded me of this time where I was at treasure island and this guy next to me losing his ass, watched me hit A7v10 and asked me “why would you hit that you have 18?” I looked at the dealer and said, “ask him” and the dealer looked at me and shook his head in disapproval.

Next words the dealer said to me was “you shouldn’t hit that, you have a winning hand” like buddy, how are you a 40 year old dealer and don’t know a7v10 is a hit.

Don’t play online Bj, you won’t win, unless you are using bots and have at least a million dollar bankroll.

(Ignore my dusty screen)

How do you calculate the advantage in this game?

Reason #37,482 to not play BJ online