Hello Friends,
I want to see what everyone thinks about this. Suppose that a casino manager reads our forum and decides to offer a great blacjack game and decides that more hands per hour played offsets the advantage given in deeper penetration. So, this casino manager offers this BJ game:
DAS
split up to four hands
hit aces after split
double on any first two cards
dealer stands on soft 17
single deck
cut card at 1/10 of a deck (giving 90% penetration)
This casino manager also decides not to treat every player as a potential cheat and gives ZERO heat for bet spread, altering play with the count, counting in general. Also the casino relaxes the rules about handling cards, chips, etc., so that the dealer isn't yelling at the players every few minutes when they unknowingly violate these rules. Don't you find this terribly annoying? The theory being that if you treat the players like you trust them then the atmosphere can be a lot more friendly and people will like playing better. The casino uses shills, the dealer, the pit crew and the eye in the sky to catch cheats, instead of assuming every player is a cheat and having these annoying rules. And, the casino uses statistics software to alert the pit to possible cheats. I used to do consulting to the casino industry and I have seen software that tracks each player's play, this software can tell you what counting system the player is using, what their win rate is, etc. It can also alert the pit to anomalies like a player doubling on hard 18 and pulling a three or other card marking, hole card spooking, or other cheating technique, type plays.
Anyway, all in all, the casino offers a great game of BJ and a great atmosphere to play in.
So, here is my question. Would this casino make money, given more hands dealt per hour with the great penetration and more players wanting to play here with the great rules and friendly atmosphere, or, would the counters descend on them like locusts and clean them out?
I'm curious to see your answers.
Steve
