Single-Deck

Now let us look at the difference in advantage between six decks and single-deck. Wherever you see a bar pointing upward, that hand is more advantageous in single-deck. If the bar points downward, the hand is more advantageous in shoes. For example, A,A is substantially more valuable in single-deck games. This is partly due to the fact that there are only two aces left making it unlikely that the dealer has a Blackjack. But it is more due to the fact that the dealer is less likely to have a soft hand reducing dealer busts. In fact, most of the hands that contain an ace are better in single-deck games.

Pairs are substantially worse in the single-deck game in these sims for two reasons. First, Resplits are substantially less likely in single-deck games. Second, because the single-deck game examined here was simmed without the Double after Split rule — less common in single-deck.

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