Playing Together While Playing Apart in Blackjack (Part 3)
Tuesday, February 19th, 2008An excellent benefit of team play, mentioned earlier but worth expanding on a little more at this point, is that several counters playing at the same time get into the Blackjack bonus offers “long run” a lot more quickly than any individual counter playing on his or her own. In other words, the results begin to look a lot more like the mathematics a lot sooner, which helps to smooth out those inevitable negative swings. In a similar way but on a larger scale, the casino is a living, breathing example of being virtually immune to adverse statistical fluctuation. Multiple casino games operating at the same time all contribute to a shared bottom line. For instance, if a player hits a particular roulette table for a lot of money, it’s likely that the table would show a loss for the day in question. But the combined result of all the roulette tables in the casino that day would likely still produce a positive bottom line.
In the end, the effect of an advantage applying continuously should ultimately prevail, thanks largely to what mathematicians call the Law of Large Numbers, which very much applies for a team of card counters all playing at a positive expectation. In everyday language, that means the losses posted by one or even two team members spin the reels would likely be offset by the team’s combined results. Even a counter suffering through a severe negative swing gets a break. Playing alone, the poor unfortunate might have thrown in the towel. But instead he can revel in the success of the group as a whole and perhaps, more important, live to play another day.
