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A friend's poker party had blackjack? Sounds weird
Almost as if this was made up.
You really think someone would do that? Just go on the internet and tell lies?
Also the buy in was apparently $5 but the winnings are in euros
He specifically said "bucks" which had me wondering if they even use that slang across the pond.
It happens when people's primary sources for learning English are american tv shows
I believe the term is Eurobucks.
Quid in the UK, Euro elsewhere
Yes that's what I was hinting at
While it almost certainly made up. We would sometimes play black jack...
For money? Would be awesome for whoever was the "house"
Yeah, we would rotate "house", like quarters nothing major.
There's a sizable minority of male zoomers into gambling in some countries, tightly related to the proliferation of small casinos in working-class neighbourhoods through a historical period where typical socialization spaces have been getting dismantled. I met a guy whose friend group's main activity for socialization was going to gambling and his life was pretty much a mess, roughly around the same as the guy from the green text.
This started with grey-market online poker in the early 2000s. In my big lecture classes, there would always be a dozen or so people just playing online poker, and I knew lots of people who got so sucked into it they dropped out of school
I guess this could be possible, but I'm just thinking how weird it be to host such event and be the house in blackjack because the house always has the advantage. It's not really a group game like regular five card poker or hold'em would be
Lol You're overthinking it. People organizing such nights among friends are not officially hosting the event and are not always play as the house. The person who plays as the house is rotating
I've never just had that played in such nights because of the house issue.
The house edge for standard blackjack is 61 cents for every $100 bet.
If the house provides snacks then they lose out.
I would've expected it to be way worse. Is this with perfect plays? Because when we've been to casino it's always house raking in money because people are shit players and go over constantly
Yes. This is assuming perfect strategy.
You are correct to point out that any deviation increases the house odds.
Who gambles a house favoured game with pals