Originally Posted by
kewlJ
I also have one other issue that I will mention here. It is something Jstat sort of said, but it is not specific to him. That is players lumping 6 and 8 deck games together. On the surface a 6 deck game and an eight deck game seem similar, but they are very, very different. On the surface it looks like an addition house advantage of .03 percent...almost nothing. For the basic strategy, flat betting player that would be a negligible difference. He likely wouldn't notice any difference in results between playing 6 and 8 decks.
But a card counter depends on the true count frequencies, for placing his higher wagers which makes all the difference and those true count frequencies are humongous different between 6 and 8 decks.
For example pretty standard H17,75% penetration true count frequencies comparing 6 deck to 8 deck. Lets compare true count of +4 since that is a point many players place their top or max wager. 8 deck you will see a TC of +4, 1.88% of the time. 6 deck it is 2.45% of the time. That is a increase of 33% of max bet opportunities which translates directly to win rate.
If you look at TC of +4 and above the difference is even more dramatic. 8 deck 3.62% of rounds will be play at Tc of +4 or greater. 6 deck it is 5.21%. That is an increase of 44% of max bet opportunities.
Depending on exact rules and penetration there could be a difference in actual win rate of up to 50% between a 6 deck game and 8 deck game.
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