Does anyone actually win playing large bets?

[Lord_Have_Mercy]

At Playtech Blackjack? I just don't believe the streaks this thing has. If I stand, I shoulda hit. If I hit, I shoulda stand. If I hit my way to 20 and 21 the dealer's has a face with an ace in the hole. The Dealer manages to get too many BJ. I might get one every blue moon. And that's playing 2 hands. If I switch to 3 hands, it's even worse. I mean Jesus Christ how can this be? I have officially quit "ALL" Playtech casinos. They have gotten my last red cent.

[liquidsoap]

At Playtech Blackjack? I just don't believe the streaks this thing has. If I stand, I shoulda hit. If I hit, I shoulda stand. If I hit my way to 20 and 21 the dealer's has a face with an ace in the hole. The Dealer manages to get too many BJ. I might get one every blue moon. And that's playing 2 hands. If I switch to 3 hands, it's even worse. I mean Jesus Christ how can this be? I have officially quit "ALL" Playtech casinos. They have gotten my last red cent.

ive done pretty well at microgaming blackjack, at 32 red and vegas splendido is where i do the best, as for playtech blackjack this is one of the many reasons why i dont play playtech casinos

[umberto]

I ve had normal results playing 100-500 per hand at VIP Casino.
The software played as normal. Nothing strange.

[johnsteed]

liquidsoap

ive done pretty well at microgaming blackjack, at 32 red and vegas splendido is where i do the best, as for playtech blackjack this is one of the many reasons why i dont play playtech casinos

Well liquidsoap, I'm glad one of us is doing well at 32Red BJ, because it certainly isn't me. In fact, I HATE 32Red BJ , because it's usually been the overweight ancor that's been sinkin' the ship ALL too often for me. Last week saw me playing my last hand of BJ at 32Red, and I have promised myself to NEVER touch it again (although I do love 32Red ).

Looking at my own playbook here, it says that when I increase my bets from the $2-4 range, up to the $10-20 range, I can always expect to get chopped-up and boiled. Why is that? It's just the way it is.

When I play (IF) MG BJ, I refuse to bet anything more than $6 now while generally alternating between $2-4 (raising it to $6 on a gutt feeling). Also, I try to keep my games short. Why? Well, it's tough having to consistently deposit $100 to play BJ, then after playing 10-15 minutes at hands of $2-4, to be down by 30-40 units (down to your last $20), and THEN start getting better hands (and having to play all day long just to [MAYBE] break even). I found that this was happening far too often.

So now, between sessions of slots and VP, I'll allow myself to play BJ until I'm up by 5 units, or down by 5 units (from my original credit). I'm having more fun with that, and for what it's worth, I've been getting better results.

As far as PlayTech BJ, it used to be so much better a couple of years ago (before their upgrade). I REALLY miss those days.

I know some others do well at BJ (and I certainly used to), but personally, I find that live dealers w/other players is the best way to go (at most online casinos). It's slow as hell, but it seems to be more forgiving to me.

[liquidsoap]

liquidsoap



Well liquidsoap, I'm glad one of us is doing well at 32Red BJ, because it certainly isn't me. In fact, I HATE 32Red BJ , because it's usually been the overweight ancor that's been sinkin' the ship ALL too often for me. Last week saw me playing my last hand of BJ at 32Red, and I have promised myself to NEVER touch it again (although I do love 32Red ).

Looking at my own playbook here, it says that when I increase my bets from the $2-4 range, up to the $10-20 range, I can always expect to get chopped-up and boiled. Why is that? It's just the way it is.

When I play (IF) MG BJ, I refuse to bet anything more than $6 now while generally alternating between $2-4 (raising it to $6 on a gutt feeling). Also, I try to keep my games short. Why? Well, it's tough having to consistently deposit $100 to play BJ, then after playing 10-15 minutes at hands of $2-4, to be down by 30-40 units (down to your last $20), and THEN start getting better hands (and having to play all day long just to [MAYBE] break even). I found that this was happening far too often.

i am sorry to here that, i go in spurts, i have had some nasty loses at 32 red but i have also have some nice wins i play 2 handed and start at 4 dollars once i double my stake i double my bet, and made it all they way to 40 dollars a bet, with losing a hand once every so often, i have a screen shot attached of one of my good runs

[scrollock]

for big bets, i find MG the worse, the cards definetly dont have a random feel to them when you put a large stake on the table, especially if its an increased stake.

regarding playtech BJ, ive only ever once had a proper real session of playing it. that was at carnival i think. i was given a £100 bonus on a £20 deposit.

my first 10 hands at £2 each all lost, so i thought F*** it, if its going to rip me i might aswell let it rip me now, so i put the remaining £100 on one hand it then won!

i then took my stakes back down, then started getting bad results again, won something like 3 wins out of 15. i got frustated and threw the whole lot on one hand again, and again it won! and i got BJ this time.

then i reduced my stake again and started get bad results again.

not wanting to risk the all or nothing approach for a third time, i went and ground out the WR on other games.

so despite walking away with about £400 on a £20 deposit, i have never trusted playtech BJ because my session had about 6 wins in 40 hands, i was just fortunate that 2 of those wins occured when i had my whole bankroll on the table.

[schnozzy]

I mostly play playtech, and have played a significant number of hands at 100-300/hand (mostly 100). I've actually had really good luck there.

On the other hand, the best I ever did at a Microgaming casino was to break even.

This is why anecdotal evidence is worthless.

[Lord_Have_Mercy]

I just don't believe playtech BJ let's you win lots of hands. This software just isn't written to do it IMHO. I have had luck with RTG and MG. But Playtech no way with BJ. I just can't seem to do anything right by it.

[uungy]

I would agree with you, I recently also just can't win on bigger bets on Playtech. I have had one 15 winning hands one after each other on $300 (table max), so walked away with a nice profit, and had a one other much lower run, but generally I have seen recently its more unlikely to win, but MG seems quite fair. A new one to me, the Grand Virtual casinos, also seem resonably fair, the table limits (on BJ) are $150 (that I know of, which is quite low) but seem to be fair. I think I would put the Boss software together with the playtech software!

[phynqster]

Funny,
There are at least 3 current forum posters who bet over 1000 per hand at blackjack and have had some huge wins and losses. Those would be at RTG casinos