The Adventures of MDawg (in progress)

[Half Smoke]

In the good counts the odds of the dealer and player catching the good cards are the same. The difference is the player gets paid 3:2 blackjack where the dealer gets only even money.

yes, and there are 2 other major reasons the player will have an edge and one minor reason

the player is more likely to catch a winning 10 or Ace or 9 on his double downs

and the player is not required to hit when he has hard 12, 13, 14, 15 or 16 but the dealer is - since there are more high cards than low cards left he will bust more often than when there aren't more high cards left

and the minor reason is that the player is better off on his splits for various reasons but not by a great amount