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Old 10-08-2004, 06:59 PM     Post subject: easy bankroll boost via blackjack? #1 (permalink)  
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i installed the 7sultans casino last night and played BJ with their free $15 they gave me. they have an autoplay feature, and i checked out all the moves that they do given the dealer's face card and what we hold and it seems legit. the house edge is only about half a percent.

i played for about 20 minutes. the highest point i had was 41 bucks, but at the end of the night i had 1 left. i was mostly breaking even the entire time.

now how can this boost a poker bankroll? well most of these places give insane 100% deposit bonuses usually up to 100 bucks. you need wager like 30x the bonus so you need to gamble 3000 worth to cash out.

now if you deposit 100 bucks, you get the 100 bonus to use, so you got 200 bucks. the minimum bet is 2 bucks. put it on autoplay and you can play like 2000 hands an hour, clearing the wager requirements. and overall you'll probably break even, and if you lose it'll probably be at max 20 bucks.

withdraw all your money and bam 80 bucks free. go to the next casino and repeat.

i haven't tried this yet, but it seems like it's possible. after all BJ is a breakeven game given perfect strategy. and with their auto play feature you can have them play perfect for you
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Old 10-08-2004, 07:01 PM     Post subject: Re: easy bankroll boost via blackjack? #2 (permalink)  
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Originally Posted by hypermegachi
they have an autoplay feature, and i checked out all the moves that they do given the dealer's face card and what we hold and it seems legit. the house edge is only about half a percent.
So they don't need you at all. Just your $$.
I don't know what they have to say
It makes no difference anyway.
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Old 10-08-2004, 07:10 PM #3 (permalink)  
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The only flaw - if they have a 1/2 percent advantage over you---

2 dollar/hand * .05 =.10

2000*.10=200

After playing 2000 hands you would lose 200 dollars on average.
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Single deck or multiple deck?
Do they re-shuffle the shoe after every hand?
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The only flaw - if they have a 1/2 percent advantage over you---

2 dollar/hand * .05 =.10

2000*.10=200

After playing 2000 hands you would lose 200 dollars on average.
0.5%=0.005
$2 * 0.005 = 0.01
2000*0.01=20

only $20 loss

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Single deck or multiple deck?
Do they re-shuffle the shoe after every hand?
i played in the single deck one. so technically i guess you can count cards. they have many variations from 2 to 8 decks. i have no idea if they reshuffle.
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Old 10-08-2004, 07:59 PM #6 (permalink)  
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playing perfect strategy, you can reduce the house advantage to about 0.5%. see http://www.casino.com/blackjack/article.asp?id=1848 for the breakdown.

counting cards, you can give the player an ~0.5% advantage IF the player counts correctly.

unfortunately, i don't know of an online blackjack site that doesn't shuffle after every game (regardless of # of decks used - sort of meaningless if you shuffle after every game ). so, no card counting.

as a way to make money via clearing bonuses, interesting idea.
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Old 10-08-2004, 08:35 PM #7 (permalink)  
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oops, bad math.
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Old 10-08-2004, 09:09 PM #8 (permalink)  
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Can't count cards in online blackjack, I've went through a ton of casinos, and sent out emails and read through the fine print. Either they shuffle after each hand, or once they're through 10% of the 6 deck shoe... no advantage to counting.
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Old 10-09-2004, 01:03 AM #9 (permalink)  
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logically, if autoplay featured allowed EV+ plays, the poker site will go broke. meaning they probably do have an edge on you and that you will lose money on the long run.
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Old 10-12-2004, 06:27 PM #10 (permalink)  
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well i just f*cked myself right up the ass. always read the fine print!!! i need to wager about 3000 bucks. however, you can only have BJ wager up to about 600 bucks. which means the other 2400 i need to play other games!!! well i was playing 3 card poker and now i'm down 40 bucks

i just hope i can break even...
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Old 10-12-2004, 06:30 PM #11 (permalink)  
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Old 11-04-2004, 04:49 AM #12 (permalink)  
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well, i went to starluck.com to bonus whore, and i did alright....actually i did pretty bad! i was expected to come out at 88 bucks or something! but i only managed to get 45 bucks out...

i'm pretty skeptical of these blackjack whoring sites that claim 0.5% house advantage, cuz i had 200 bucks to start with, and bet 2 bucks each hand, and after about 2 hours i had 145 left.

ah well, one of the easiest 45 bucks i made in my life. time to take on their sister site planetluck next!

btw, starluck and planetluck are both owned by party :P
 
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