Thom Baguley wrote on 5/4/00 3:41 AM:
>Donald F. Burrill wrote:
>> (1) The house ALWAYS has the statistical advantage. Else it wouldn't
>> include that game among its offerings. (Agreed, this is oversimple...)
>
>The only exception is successful card counting - however card counting is
>pretty hard and only gives a slight statistical advantage (3-5%? for
>perfect counting).
Also, with a single deck and perfect play of the basic (non counting)
strategy, the house is at a slight disadvantage. But so few people play
perfect basic strategy that it is not a huge deal to the house. This is
the reason that multiple decks are used, to remove the ability of basic
strategy to gain an advantage.
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