OK blackjack isn't really even money, but its within a percentage point or so of it, and thats the game I have in mind.
2006-09-04 09:25:58 · 5 answers · asked by jc_usmc_1998 2 in Games & Recreation ➔ Card Games
Odds of winning 3 in a row at 50:50 (eg coin toss) is 1/8
Odds of losing 3 in a row is 1/8
Odds of winning or losing 3 in a row are 1/4
If you wanna play blackjack - first learn basic strategy so it is ingrained into you - then learn to count cards
2006-09-04 09:32:26 · answer #1 · answered by Orinoco 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The odds of winning any turn is always 1 in 2. There's a 1 in 8 chance (1 in 2^3) of it happening 3 times in a row.
2006-09-04 09:30:27 · answer #2 · answered by sysengineer67 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The odds for a game have to be looked at in the long term and not so much in such a small sample like three hands. You can take a quarter and flip it 100 times and you may see that it comes up heads more then tails, but if you flip that same quarter 1 million times then the averages should be close to 50/50. If you look at the slots in Vegas and it says it pays-back 99%, well this is true, over the lifetime of the machine it will payback 99%but in the short term it could be only paying back 30%.
2006-09-04 19:55:43 · answer #3 · answered by sincity usa 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
2 X 2 X 2 = 8/1
2006-09-08 05:30:35 · answer #4 · answered by alanc_59 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
One in four to do either, one in eight to specifically win or lose three in a row.
In blackjack, it's slightly higher to lose three in a row (probably close to one in seven) than it would be to win three straight (probably one in nine).
2006-09-04 09:30:10 · answer #5 · answered by Bill C 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋