Can a player make money in the long run by playing Basic Strategy?
In almost all cases, no. Playing basic strategy in most games will reduce the house advantage against the player to 0.5% or less. Many of the better games available in the US have a basic strategy house advantage of around 0.2%. And, in rare cases, some casinos do offer a game in which the basic strategy player does have an advantage. For example, several casinos in Colorado now offer single deck games with favorable rules that give the basic strategy player a small but real long-term edge against the house. Unfortunately, these casinos also have a maximum bet of $5 per hand, which reduces the value of the player’s edge to only a few cents an hour playing perfectly.
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