Blackjack

>Strip casinos have an over 55% house advantage on BJ
I just read that Aria has tables with as low as .2% house edge.
legitimatecasino.com/aria-resort-blackjack/

>Among the 224 gaming tables on the main casino floor, look immediately for the double-deck blackjack table with stakes of $50~$10,000, where the dealer stands on all 17s. The rules feature doubling down after splitting (DAS), re-splitting of Aces (RSA) and no surrender option, adding up to a House edge of just 0.20% [2].

>if all the great seats are taken at Aria, the next best choice is the $50~$10,000 six-deck version dealt from a shoe, which has the same rules except surrender is allowed, and the House edge is 0.28%–still not bad at all. Although the $25~$5,000 tables also have double-deck and six-deck games offering similar rules, there is one huge difference—the dealer must hit on soft 17. That “small” change bumps the House advantage up to 0.40% and 0.48%, respectively.

Based BJ Bro.

It isn't hard to memorize, but to be fair to OP the only way to get it reflexively memorized is with experience, which probably involves losing money.

>The last bit of advice is: NEVER sit at a table with a female asian dealer. If a dealer you like rotates out and is replaced by a chink bitch you leave immediately.

Notice the table min-max levels. This is the counter-balance to the house advantage, besides, good luck actually finding one of those tables being staffed and active when you're there, finding a seat, and actually being willing to risk that much money to try and make it at blackjack. You must be a retard Saudi Prince or Pajeet. No chinaman could ever be this dumb about gambling.

You've given me a lot to think about, user. I appreciate your input.

I'm sorry if I was an ass about it, I don't really like calling people names. Thank you for accepting my input.

No worries, la. Just a bit of banter among lads.

count will be pretty average with 6 decks or they use a shuffler but basic strategy keeps the house edge very low. look up a chart and split twos

>tfw perfected basic strategy
>tfw earned 320$ usd in vegas
>tfw ik it will never happen again but it was a good time

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>look up a chart
You mean like this one? >split twos
Thats not what the chart says.

Nice, bro. Where'd you play? We're staying at Aria.

i stayed at bally's where they had pree standard rules. 3:2 blackjack, DAS, early surrender (abuse that shit). dont be intimidated when the dealers heckle you and you ll be fine. i only kept a running count for one shoe and it was tiring as fuck and the running count never got above 1.8 so it was useless

>ITT: Compulsive gamblers plan how to lose all of their money, while larping as math geniuses.

Vegas casinos have successfully dealt with way craftier and more intelligent card counters / statisticians than you morons could ever hope to be.

Also, you do understand that there are people who were actually born and raised in Las Vegas and have been trying (and failing) to do what you're suggesting for their entire lives, right?

Cool. Thanks for the tips.

Really tough to find good places in Vegas because most of them have the shittiest rules that reduce your edge to the numerical equivalent of "not worth playing period".

Basic Strategy + Zen Count for most 2-6 decks is profitable in the long run, basically meaning play a million hours and you'll come out making minimum wage typically (depending on your minimum bet).

It's not a profitable endeavor and it becomes mind numbingly boring once your brain adjusts to the dopamine rushes of high counts. It becomes a monotonous grind that makes you wonder why you're sitting around in a room filled with stale smoke, listening to sub IQ brainlets talk about their bullshit strategies according to the doctrine of whatever the fuck biased and subjective correlations their brain manages to remember.

Play poker instead if you really want a challenge. Might as well practice your multiplication tables instead of counting cards if you want an exercise in rote memory.

Yes yes and yes.
Learning every basic strategy play for differing table rules will take you a week. Counting also won't take you long. What will be a challenge is keeping a count running when you're actually sat down at a table in a casino.

With that said, you're going to losing. Have fun regardless.

born and raised in Vegas.
If its your first time counting, you won't be able to keep up. You'll probably have a difficult time just keeping up with basic strategy if its your first time.

The thing is, most tables have measures in place to prevent counting. Those that play with cards face up play with 7 decks making counting more difficult. Those that play with a single deck all players have to keep their cards face down to prevent counting. BUT, if you find a table with a single deck it HAS to be empty. Sit down and play two spots at once. because you are entitled to looking at your hand, you essentially omit the face down rule and can count easily.

The difficult part is not necessarily counting, its making sure you do it without the pitboss noticing. He will look mainly for a large bankroll and you betting heavy when the pot is hot. They have absolutely no problems telling you to only flat bet or fuck off the tables if he catches you.

Good luck. The casinos on the strip/downtown will be harder to pull this off at and youd have a better chance at the resorts that locals go to like The Fiesta or Green Valley Ranch.

Is it better to play at a table with one deck or multiple decks?

If you're counting cards the less decks the better. However, most single deck tables will have shittier rules.