Thread: Fake Lay

Sooo. How much cheating does the Blackjack engine really do? I did notice, sometimes the dealers points reset to 0, but that looks more like a bug. And for winning and loosing streaks, chance is a hard thing to understand (and believe), plus this is not real chance, but a computer program.

I managed to get to top tier bj twice but winning steadily seems ... unsafe and tedious. The player might have a tiny edge, since draws are more frequent, but all the other parts of bj that change overall odds are missing (like different payout rates for a black jack or splitting and all that). Soo, not really sure. I did a count of around 100-200 games and there was a tiny advantage, but with this low sample size, that means nothing. It was something like 100 wins 30 draws and 95 losses or similar.

For your convienience, a standard table regarding bj strategy in regard to the visible card of the dealer. (Might be slightly off, because of the strange house rules.)

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	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0	A
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Green, get a card. Red, stop. Blue, get a card if you have an ace that is counted as a One.

Originally Posted by Hornypony

Sooo. How much cheating does the Blackjack engine really do?

I believe it does not. There is no reason to implement cheating if it is hardly noticeable. The base game is balanced in such a way that casino always wins. They did change it slightly into players favor (when you bust dealer still can bust too) but it is not enough to actually win a lot. Giving bonus to player and then removing it by designing a cheat would be a waste of effort, they could have just left base rules and they wouldn't have to develop anything if they wanted a game where player always loses. With your test run you kinda proved that there is no noticeable cheating.

I managed to get 6 costumes last time only playing blackjack, trying to get 4th this time. I start with max bet (100) and if winning streak does not start immediately, I don't care. At least I win/lose faster. If I get to 500 at a round I stop a game, so it counts 400 points to total win score for each game. Lost 2000 on my worst streak, now back at 1200 after 3 days. I need 3k+ on hand (I have 1200) and 6k total wins (I have 5k) so I can just stop playing in a few more rounds and get those 200 per day to collect my 4th costume. Or I can just continue to play very slowly moving up and maybe get 5th/6th too.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

There is no reason to implement cheating if it is hardly noticeable

Good point.

I know next to nothing about real Black Jack, but what I could read about it, the normal house advantage is supposed to be really low anyways. One might suspect a big boost to the player with the FL rules that the dealer plays after player bust. But this is not so. I suspect the supposed low house advantage originates from all the special moves like doubling and splitting and a different pay out for BJ. Those are all missing.

This way it is most likely to a coin toss, if you play as the dealer would play. So the challenge would be to find those combinations (dealer starting card and your current points) where deviating from dealer play mode should be statistically advantagous. The problem with standard strategy tables is, they assume you loose if you bust first.

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My winning chips mostly come from poker. The bonus chips count for total winnings as it seems. The problem are the on hand chips. I have 10 times total winnings than actual chips

And, losing streak and lost everything again. 6104/6000 total winnings, 0/3500 on hand.

Originally Posted by Hornypony

My winning chips mostly come from poker. The bonus chips count for total winnings as it seems. The problem are the on hand chips. I have 10 times total winnings than actual chips

Yeah, poker should be more stable if you know how to play it. I see people with 110k winnings in daily leagues. But because it is pvp I hate it more than blackjack which I also hate. I tried it once each time just to remind myself why I don't like it.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

I see people with 110k winnings in daily leagues

That is bonus chips, not actual chips.

Those are mostily dependent on the amount of time you spend playing poker. Of course you should leave the table if your bonus dwindles. And having your girl equipped with lots of clothing should help. I notice a lot of folding in low hands (no one has bet) where checking would not loose you more chips. Ppl do this to not loose their virtual chip bonus. The drawback is, you only gain virtual bonus chips, if someone else strips while you win.

Does anyone know what skill levels are needed to get all the girls?

Originally Posted by ZestyCollector

Does anyone know what skill levels are needed to get all the girls?

You can check wiki, it has requirements for all girls. Wiki link is at the top of the screen, below the site's logo.