In this post I am going to be comparing the merits of different types of betting systems in blackjack and the prospective short term results of each. If you fail to card count in blackjack then it is very difficult to gain a meaningful edge. Some people would say that it is impossible but that isn’t true. This is because of the fact that accurate basic strategy could in fact make you +EV if you had some sort of external financial source providing you with income.
To quote an example here then imagine if you made $10 bets and had 60 hands per hour playing basic strategy. At a house edge of roughly 0.5% and with you placing $600 per hour in action then your projected hourly rate figure would be -$3/hour. But imagine if you could create a scenario where someone was paying you to play the game. Like the casino for example who paid you to simply occupy a table and play blackjack to simply attract other players to the game. If the casino paid you $10 per hour to do this then your total hourly rate for the game would be +$7/hour even though you were using your own money. In fact you could increase this hourly rate by having a smaller minimum bet if you could get away with it.
In this instance then flat betting would get you the same effect as progressive betting but if you were looking to maybe play a short term single session then progressive betting systems can be very enjoyable to use. However some of them have to be treated with extreme caution because the bankroll demands on some of them are extreme to say the least.
