This is how removing a card from the deck affect the players edge on a 8-deck shoe. (Most online casinos)
As you see is the players edge most improving when a 5 is leaving the deck.
And the worst is when a Ace is leaving the deck - as we offcourse love the blackjack :)
| Remove card | Player edge | Edge changed |
| 2 | -0.560 | 0.048 |
| 3 | -0.552 | 0.055 |
| 4 | -0.5352 | 0.072 |
| 5 | -0.5161 | 0.091 |
| 6 | -0.553 | 0.054 |
| 7 | -0.5726 | 0.035 |
| 8 | -0.6082 | -0.001 |
| 9 | -0.6309 | -0.024 |
| 10 | -0.6682 | -0.061 |
| Ace | -0.68 | -0.128 |
This is calculated by the great software on bjstrat.net Homepage
Written by Dexter on Apr 2nd, 2024 7:10 pm #1
Lets round off a bit and say like this, then it would be balanced also.
2,3,6 is +2
4 +3
5 +4
7 +1
8 +-0
9 -1
10 -2
A -5