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I'm in Vegas for the weekend and I was playing single deck blackjack for an hour heads up, winning and ratholing. I spread from 5 to 40. I got backed off and the pit critter said that I am playing a bit too well and whispered to me 'the count is +6 isn't it'.
I then played craps with about $50 of my remaining red chips. I played blackjack rated so I wanted another game to show on my players card in addition to blackjack. I got the dice and had a hot roll lasting nearly an hour! I won $600 at craps, and I was the only one pressing my place bets up. The blackjack pit boss came to the craps table and told me that I can't shoot anymore and I can't raise my bets. The next shooter then rolled and his first roll was a seven out. Of course the table was mad at the pit boss and everyone left. I was the biggest winner on that table.
El Cortez just doesn't like winners no matter what game. Even a -ev game.
This is the only place I got backed off in Vegas. At another casino the pit boss instructed the dealer to shuffle when he saw me raise my bet from 15 to 60 right after I doubled a hard 8 against 6.
I then played craps with about $50 of my remaining red chips. I played blackjack rated so I wanted another game to show on my players card in addition to blackjack. I got the dice and had a hot roll lasting nearly an hour! I won $600 at craps, and I was the only one pressing my place bets up. The blackjack pit boss came to the craps table and told me that I can't shoot anymore and I can't raise my bets. The next shooter then rolled and his first roll was a seven out. Of course the table was mad at the pit boss and everyone left. I was the biggest winner on that table.
El Cortez just doesn't like winners no matter what game. Even a -ev game.
This is the only place I got backed off in Vegas. At another casino the pit boss instructed the dealer to shuffle when he saw me raise my bet from 15 to 60 right after I doubled a hard 8 against 6.
El Cortez Single Deck Blackjack Rules
This is the theoretical house win rate, against blackjack players who play perfect Basic Strategy. This number can be very small. As currently constituted, the El Cortez single deck blackjack game has a house starting advantage (edge) of a tiny 0.18%, as shown by the chart, below. Head to El Cortez for Single Deck Blackjack in Vegas. The best blackjack game in Vegas is still at the El Cortez. Every day, countless people arrive in Las Vegas, then wonder where they can find a good single-deck blackjack game. It seems to me, any player who is good enough at blackjack for the number of decks in play to matter.
Single Deck Blackjack In Vegas
- El Cortez Tables & Games. In a town where being #1 means everything, the El Cortez has made blackjack its niche. For five consecutive years, 20092013, the Las Vegas Review Journal has cited the casino for having “The Best Blackjack in Las Vegas”. The bread-and-butter game here that gets all the rave reviews is the $5 single-deck version.
- Sep 20, 2010 I'm in Vegas for the weekend and I was playing single deck blackjack for an hour heads up, winning and ratholing. I spread from 5 to 40. I got backed off and the pit critter said that I am playing a bit too well and whispered to me 'the count is +6 isn't it'.