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Is this game beatable?

Posted by Ludvig Mortberg on 4 January 1998, at 6:04 p.m.

In Sweden you can play BJ at restaurants and bars. The rules are:

no hole card

cards are dealt face up

dealer must stand on any 17

double down on any two cards

6 decks

split infinitlely

BJ pays 2:3

you can take insurance against dealers ace

if there is a push on 20, 21 player wins, on 17, 18, 19 dealer wins

cards are dealt from shoe and reshuffled after approx. 5 decks

betting spread is 1-6 (10 crowns, 20...60)

Now, I wonder: can I beat this game with card counting? Is the betting

spread to small? What basic strategy and modified strategy should I

use? What counting system?

If it's not too much work can someone run a simulation?

Thanks a lot if you can answer these questions!

PS I know that I should save time, money and energy for Vegas, but

this "casino" is on my doorstep, and I have always wondered if it's

beatable.

Ludvig Mortberg

E-mail: ludvig.mortberg@REMOVEumea.mail.telia.com

Umea, Sweden

NOTE: Remove "REMOVE" to get my E-mail address.

Responses

• Re: Is this game beatable? - MathProf - 5 January 1998, at 3:43 a.m.
  • hmmm...? - garbo - 6 January 1998, at 5:04 a.m.
    • Re: hmmm...? - Ludvig Mortberg - 6 January 1998, at 10:17 a.m.
      • Re: hmmm...? - garbo - 6 January 1998, at 10:52 a.m.
  • Re: Is this game beatable? - John Jay - 8 January 1998, at 5:07 p.m.
    • hey John Jay... - garbo - 10 January 1998, at 4:35 a.m.
      • Re: hey John Jay... - John Jay - 12 January 1998, at 5:58 p.m.

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