Then again, maybe it's just a well kept secret.Īccording to Advanced Advantage Play by Eliot Jacobson, with optimal strategy on a six-player face-up game, the player advantage is 2.29%. The fact that such games have not been killed by advantage players suggests to me it isn't a viable advantage play. However, I have seen digital table games where every player card dealt was easily seen. Grosjean does not address knowledge of other players' cards. In the table titled Futility of Viewing Neighbors' Cards on page 333, Grosjean says the house edge with 21 known player cards is 2.32%. Grosjean provides a non-optimal strategy resulting in a 1.34% player advantage.Īccording to Grosjean, at a full table with optimal strategy and knowledge of the burn card, the house still maintains a 2.25% edge. Here is some information about the odds in some poker variants assuming knowledge of all player cards.Īccording to Advanced Advantage Play (Exhibit CAA) by James Grosjean*, with seven players and optimal strategy, the player advantage is 2.374%.
What if in an effort to mitigate germs and microbes, casinos start dealing all card games face up? In other words, no more players touching cards.
