| In fact, it's actually more important to hit 16 vs. 7 than it is to hit 16 vs. 10. Why? Because the 38 percent of the time that you improve your 16 to 17 or better puts you in far better position when the dealer has a 7 up than when the dealer has a 10 up. If the dealer starts with 7, what's the most common result going to be? A 10, Jack, Queen or King down for 17. If you've hit without busting, that's not going to beat you. But a dealer who starts with 10 has many more chances. Anything from an 8 on up face down could mean the dealer takes your money without having to draw another card. The fellow at my table had it reasoned out backward. There's much more to gain by hitting hard 16 vs. 7 than there is with 16 vs. 10. It takes only a small positive count--meaning more low cards have been played than high cards--for a card counter to alter strategies and stand on 16 vs. 10. But 16 vs. 7 is not a close call. That's a hand to hit. ANOTHER ODD PLAY: I've seen it happen before, but I still was amazed at the same session when another player stood on Ace-3. The dealer had a 10 up, but it didn't really matter. There's never a situation in which the player should stand on Ace-3. Counting the Ace as an 11, that hand is a soft 14, and it can't win unless the dealer busts. Hitting the hand, no matter what card is drawn, can't make the player go bust. Draw a 10, and it's not 24--it's just hard 14 as the Ace is counted as 1. There is nothing to lose in hitting soft 14, and quite a lot of potential gain. Several players and the dealer tried to explain that, to no avail. The soft 14 lost as the dealer turned up an 8. Sic bo is played with three dice in a bird cage. The cage is turned upside down and the dice tumble. Players can bet on specific numbers from 1 to 6, with an even money payoff if their number shows up on one die, 2-1 if it shows on two dice or 3-1 if it shows on all three. They can bet on the total number of pips showing on all three dice. Other propositions allow the player to bet that a specific number will show up at least twice; that a specific number will show up three times, or, without specifying a number, that any two dice will match or that all three dice will match. Every one of those bets is a stinker. The only propositions with reasonable house edges are "small" and "big." Bet small and you win an even-money payoff if the dice total 4 through 10 and do not show three of a kind. Bet big and you get even money on non-triples that total 11 or higher. You'll win either bet 48.61 percent of the time, yielding the house edge of 2.78 percent. |
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