Basic strategy and expectation in casino Blackjack
1974; Academic Press; Volume: 12; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1016/0030-5073(74)90061-0
ISSN1878-2647
Autores Tópico(s)Consumer Market Behavior and Pricing
ResumoAbstract Fifty-three Blackjack gamblers in four Nevada casinos were unobtrusively observed, and scored according to whether their playing decisions corresponded to the optimal “Zero-Memory” Basic decision strategy. Of the 940 hands recorded, at least 16% were played differently from the Basic prescription; presumably as a result of this “nonoptimal” play, average losses at Blackjack were quite high, on the order of ten times the theoretical loss rate for Basic play. Also, by wagering small bets in a subfair game, Blackjack gamblers practically guaranteed loss of their betting capital to the casinos.
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