Blackjack player parody video on YouTube

"Douchebag Casino"  is a parody on blackjack players.  

BJ players are hilarious, and often repetitive. 

Although this skit is not particularly well-written, it does illustrate a few of the more common types of players you will find playing at the blackjack table. 

"Douchebag Casino" by Sammy Smith

http://youtu.be/fWkqD2DF7bs

Blackjack Busting Chart: Percentages for both player's and dealer'shand busting

Blackjack Bust Chart

Do you feel as if you always bust when you hit 16? 

Does it seem that the dealer rarely busts whenever they have a 2 as their up card? 

The chart below shows the busting percentages for the player's hand and for the dealer's hand after each has been dealt 2 cards.

Players starting hand busting percentage:

The left side of the chart contatins the busting percentages for the player's starting hand.  The players staring hand is the first two cards dealt to the player.

Dealers starting hand busting percentge showing one card:

The right side of the chart contains the dealers busting percentage with a certain up card, before the hole card is revealed or the dealer hits.

Cardroom Insider Blackjack Busting Chart

The Martingale System and a Variation

The Martingale System 

The Martingale system is a very old and extremely simple system. It is based on the probability of losing infinite times in a row and is usually applied to 'even money' bets.

You start with one bet. If you win, you start again with one bet. If you lose, you double your bet. Each time you lose, you double your last lost bet. Eventually you are bound to win. When you win you would recover all your lost bets plus one unit (or chip) profit against your initial wager.

Although infallible in theory, the Martingale system requires a large bankroll, has a very low return and is a very risky one because of the maximum bet limits imposed by the casinos. If you run out of money or reach the house limit, you can lose a lot with no chance to recover your losses.

Negative progression, a variation of the Martingale System.

Assumes you will win before you reach the house limit and can bankroll the losing run. Bet an initial amount (N). For each win, on the next bet N again. For each lose bet N*x+N where x is the number of losing bets. Thus if you finally win, you will recover all bet money, plus N for every loss. The progression would look like this on a $5 table. 5, 15, 35, 75, 155, 315, etc. As with all negative progressions, and this one even more so, it requires more capital and is employed to force a winning outcome following a losing streak.

Rules that Blackjack Dealers Use

Here is an article written by Udemy on the rules that a dealer must play by when you are playing blackjack.

This is a good read for those just learning to play blackjack and some refreshers for those who haven't played in a while.

http://www.udemy.com/blog/blackjack-dealer-rules/

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Insider Info: Players Hand Probabilities

Player Hand Probabilites

Listed below are the probabilities of the player's starting hand

1) Blackjack – 4.8% (winning hand)

2) Point totals of  17 – 20 – 30.0% (automatic stand)

3) Point totals of 12 – 16 – 38.7%  (decision hands)

4) Point totals of 4 – 11 – 26.5% (must hit)

Notes from a dealer:

One of the more common questions or complaints that I hear every day,from players, is "How come you are always giving me 13 or 14?"

When playing blackjack the probability of the players starting hands  (First 2 Cards) being a point total of 13  or 14, is almost 40%.  There is a mathematical reason the player often feels they are always being dealt 13, because nearly half of the time, they are!

Conversely, I also hear many times a day, "how come you never give me a blackjack"---or---"I have only had 2 blackjacks all day today".  

The odds of the player being dealt a blackjack is 4.8%. 

At less than 5% of your hands, it is easy to see why players feel like Blackjacks don't come around very often and probably the reason why, right after a player is dealt one,  The first word The dealer hears is "Finally".

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Insider Info: Dealer Hand Probabilities

Blackjack Hand Probabilites

Listed below are the probabilities for the dealers hand in blackjack:

1) Blackjack or 21 – 12.2% chance
2) 20 points – 17.6% chance
3) 19 points – 13.5% chance
4) 18 points – 13.8% chance
5) 17 points – 14.6% chance
6) Dealer Busts – 28.3% chance

Before any cards are flipped the odds that a dealer will not bust is 71.7%.  

That's where the buster bet percentages come into play. 

Blackjack Dealer Hand Probabilities
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Ask A Dealer

I am a Cal Games dealer or a "Banked Games" dealer in a California card room.  (see Banked Games at www.cardroom insider.com for more info)

It is widely believed that card rooms offer Poker only and many folks are not even aware that "Banked Games", like blackjack are offered in card rooms.  

Cal Games or Banked games are basically all games other than poker.  

Currently I deal Blackjack pitch, single deck and double deck, blackjack shoe with bonus options, no commission EZ Baccarat with the Dragon as Panda bonuses and a squeeze option, Ultimate Texas hold em, Casino War, Pai Gow Poker  and Spanish 21. 

I invite you to ask any questions you may have about California card room Cal Games or playing in a card room in general. 

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Insider Term-Ace Rich

Ace Rich - A phrase used to describe a deck that is full of Aces since not many have been dealt.  

When a deck is Ace Rich you should be making a larger than average wager.

Surrendering your bet

Most Card rooms offer the late surrender option to their guests

When playing blackjack the must render option offers you as a player the choice to fold your hand, at the cost of half of the original bet. 

You must make that decision prior to taking any other action on the hand. For example, once you draw a third card, or split, or double down, surrender is no longer an option. (Except on Spanish 21)

 Not every game offers the surrender option, and those that do fall into two categories: Early vs Late.

The two varieties of surrender, early and late, different only in when the player may actually surrender thier hand. 

In an early surrender game, a player may surrender before the dealer checks his cards for a blackjack, offering a cheap way out even if the dealer turns out to have a blackjack. Because this offers a healthy advantage to the player, this version (early surrender) is rarely offered.  I have never seen the early surrender offered.  L

The much more common variation is the late surrender option.  The late surrender is where the dealer checks for blackjack first, and then only if the dealer does not have blackjack the player will be allowed to surrender their hands.

Surrender is an excellent option for players who use it wisely. 

Unfortunately, many players surrender far too many hands or far too few. 

If you play in a game that offers surrender, use basic strategy to determine when surrender is the appropriate play. To understand how bad a hand must be to properly be surrendered, consider the following: 

To lose less with surrender, you must be only 25% likely to win the hand (ignoring pushes). That is, if you lose 75% of the time, and win only 25% of the time, your net loss is about 50% of your bets, equal to the amount you'll lose guaranteed by surrendering. 

So, learn to use the surrender option, but make sure you know when it is appropriate.