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Multi Action Blackjack
Multi-Action is a great game for counters. Don’t let the game intimidate you, it is identical to blackjack except that you play 3 hands at once against the dealer which enables you to get a lot of money down on the table. It’s important to play your hand just like you would on a regular blackjack table. The casinos must have a huge hold on this game because the ploppies chicken out on their hands and are so afraid of busting they won’t hit a lot of the hands they are supposed too. You can make all the strategy deviations you want without taking flak from the players or without drawing attention from the pit. Hopefully your game is OBO. Pay attention when the dealer plays her hand because of the different mechanics of this game you can forget to count her second or third hand out of habit from counting the regular tables.
One flaw with the game is that they only let you SPL1 to make two hands. This costs the player approx. .05%, the casino is not trying to screw you on this play, there just isn’t enough room on the table for your bets. You want a fast dealer on this game to get the most benefit from it, in theory you will play 3 times the hands per hour. Plays like insurance can slow this game down to a crawl if you have 3 bets of $25 then you need to make change for 3 piles of $12.50. I’ve noticed a lot of ploppies won’t insure depending on their bets because of always having to make change. Players burn out quickly on this game so there is a lot more buying in. I just wish more casinos would start using this game. Don’t just use the table when the others are full, make it your starting point.
Sizing your bets correctly is important in this game, so if you are playing 3 spots of $100 remember it is not one bet of $300 but 3 individual bets of $100. So make sure you are not accidentally overbetting. You have the option of playing 2 or 3 hands. If no one on the table is playing 3 hands the dealer will only draw twice. This fact can be manipulated to make the dealer eat up more cards during negative counts.
An AP might also want a slightly different advanced strategy from regular blackjack for the sake of decreasing variance. Example: you have a high count, and your max bet on 3 of your spots. Your hand is 15 vs. dealer 10. The count is not quite high enough where you would stand on 15 vs. 10, but close.