KeithS

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Mar 22	comment	Why is card counting considered illegal in Blackjack? I understand that. My point was that you said there was a 1% house edge against a player using only basic strategy, which is a little high.
Mar 21	answered	Discarding a card in Phase 10 that allows the next player to go out
Mar 21	comment	Why is card counting considered illegal in Blackjack? I heard that the house edge on a person playing by basic strategy was much lower than that; an eight-deck game with no additional rules benefiting the player (like hitting split aces or dealer must hit soft 17) has a house edge of about .65%. This is further reduced with fewer decks in the shoe. But, the house still wins the longer you sit; you're expecting to lose a nickel a hand betting $10. As entertainment goes, not bad.
Mar 13	comment	Question on ethics or rules That's true. In Bridge, these are more appropriate penalties because East's action probably still would have been to play Q-Cl to try and take the trick, rather than "evading" it to foist it on someone else. In exact-prediction and evasion games, evasion is seen more often, and so the ill-gotten knowledge of a revoke is doubly damaging; the revoking player has a chance to take or lose the trick to their advantage. Penalties for revoking in such games are usually far higher, up to and including a misdeal and severe points penalties for the offending side.
Mar 13	answered	Can “aggressive” or unusual play in blackjack get someone thrown out of a casino?
Mar 13	awarded	Commentator
Mar 13	comment	Question on ethics or rules And East should thank his lucky stars; in most other trick games, a revoke like that would have resulted in much more severe penalties.
Mar 11	comment	What are effective strategies for passing cards in Hearts? Again, judgement call. The 2 of Clubs guarantees you'll lose the trick, but pretty much everything except the Ace will do the same. If you have both and it's a "pass left" hand you have a choice; pass the 2 and play last this trick to lead the next, or pass the Ace and play last next trick. I do agree with you though, the 2 of clubs is usually a keeper.
Mar 9	revised	What are effective strategies for passing cards in Hearts? added 321 characters in body
Mar 9	revised	What are effective strategies for passing cards in Hearts? added 321 characters in body
Mar 9	answered	What are effective strategies for passing cards in Hearts?
Mar 9	comment	What are effective strategies for passing cards in Hearts? Hard but not impossible. The unspoken rule everywhere I've played is that you never pass the Ace of Hearts; you keep it to make sure that one other person, even yourself, takes some Hearts.
Mar 9	answered	Am I at legal risk if I use a mechanism from another game in my own design?
Mar 5	comment	Replacement coins for At The Gates of Loyang They do look good, but not in the Chinese style.
Mar 2	awarded	Yearling
Feb 24	awarded	Nice Answer
Feb 23	answered	Do card sleeves contain BPA?
Feb 22	revised	Are there any card games that enforce “Dealer's Respect”? added 595 characters in body
Feb 22	comment	Are there any card games that enforce “Dealer's Respect”? Mao is a bad example, because formally it only has one rule: players must never disclose the rules to any other player. The exact set of rules each group comes up with over the play of several hands is more or less unique to that group, and it's never a guarantee that any particular group has adopted the "don't pick up an incomplete hand" rule.
Feb 22	awarded	Teacher