I had breakfast with a friend I had not seen for a while. We got to talking about blackjack. He then mentioned to me that recently he had played the 6:5 single-deck game in Freeport and was wondering if he had "done good."
I immediately got into the "Just Say No" mode and explained to him why it was such a lousy game. He had the standard response: He had no idea that it was such a bad bet. He knew that the rule had been changed and that it probably was not in his favor. However, because he had understood that the single-deck game was the most favorable, he figured that the change was not dramatic.
I directed him to Ken Smith's article on BlackjackInfo.com for further information.
Now that I have explained it fully to him, he has become a new convert to "Just Say No to 6:5"!!!
Say Hallelujah!
