May 16, 2015 Watch gambler suffer raging meltdown as he loses £3k on single hand of blackjack. This is how it feels to squander $5,000 (£3,179) on the turn of a single card. Losing money while gambling is never a happy experience, and Twitch.tv streamer Chance 'Sodapoppin' Morris certainly illustrated that. With around 40,000 viewers watching a live stream.

Greasyjohn

One thing I like to do in GTA while playing blackjack is set a number you want to bet, if you lose double your bet the next one if you lose double again until you win, eventually you’ll win the amount you could’ve won the first time.
Nov 23, 2012 Then I go to blackjack and lose 600. So now I am down 100 dollars. I just got home, feel like. that I didn't keep my winnings. I am trying to go on a vegas road trip with my friends in 1 month, and now I have absolutely no money for that. This guy walks up with 5k cash and places it all on the table. He bets it all on a few numbers, 3.

Incorrect

Well it's official then. Why so? Eight of thirteen cards push or win. Doubling seems like the right move.

sodawater

Well it's official then. Why so? Eight of thirteen cards push or win.

Just because one play is good doesn't mean another isn't better.
Hitting is the correct play by a mile in this situation.

Greasyjohn

Just because one play is good doesn't mean another isn't better.
Hitting is the correct play by a mile in this situation.

Can you show me the flaw in my logic, or tell me the EV for hitting verses doubling? Edit: You're right, of course, I consulted not only your link, but the chart I have from The Worlds Greatest Blackjack Book. I review this table from time to time but since it is blank (meaning of course you never double) for doubling 11 vs 17 or higher I never have an index to plug in to remember. Doubling 11 vs dealer 17 might be +EV, but hitting is obviously a higher EV. If someone can tell me by how much I would appreciate it.

sodawater

Can you show me the flaw in my logic, or tell me the EV for hitting verses doubling?

I'll let someone else post the actual math...
http://wizardofodds.com/games/blackjack/appendix/16/
The flaw in your logic is that you underestimate the value of hitting. You can win a lot more hands by hitting than by doubling.

ontariodealer

a guy is sitting by himself playing 5 bucks a hand and is winning quite a few.....loud mouth arrogant guy walks up and asks if he could play.....the player asks if he could wait a few hands as he is on a streak. The loud mouth yells what's the difference and plucks down a $100 chip. They play a couple of hands and the $5 guy keeps winning and the $100 guy loses every bet. So he throws a $100 black chip to the nickel player and says put this under your bet. Guy gets a 20 and the dealer shows a 7. The nickel player calmly says to the jerk, gimme 50 bucks or I hit the 20.....the guy goes crazy yelling obscenities so the guy hits the 20 and busts. Hilarity ensued.

Donuts

6 Deck shoe:
Split 7s to four hands and doubled three of them (11, 10, A6) against a dealers 6. Had 3 units out on the initial bet (now 21).
Dealer's hole card was an 8.
She drew a 7.

1BB

This story has been making the rounds since the first blackjack game was dealt. A variation has it with a back line bet. The other story is about a player who wants to split 10s. The female dealer, and it's always female, asks the player if he had a 10 inch d**k would he cut it in half. He says no and she then says why split 10s? Everyone yuks it up and play continues.

Many people, especially ignorant people, want to punish you for speaking the truth. - Mahatma Ghandi

ThatDonGuy

I'll let someone else post the actual math...

Assuming an 'infinite deck'
For hitting:

Cards Drawn	Losses	Pushes	Wins
1	0	1	6
2	30	5	20
3	70	10	40
4	75	10	40
5	39	5	20
6	8	1	4

The probability of each result with N cards is 1 / 13^N
The EV of hitting = 6/13 + (20-30)/13² + (40-70)/13³ + (40-75)/13⁴ + (20-39)/13⁵ + (4-8)/13⁶
= (6 * 13⁵ - 10 * 13⁴ - 30 * 13³ - 35 - 13²

- 19 * 13 - 4) / 13⁶
= 1870072 / 13⁶

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The EV of doubling = 2 x (7 / 13 - 5/13) = 4/13 = 1485172 / 13⁶.

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