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Back in the days when men were men and
women played slots, back when blackjack was dealt exclusively from a single
deck down to the last card, everybody who knew anything agreed that playing
head-to-head against the dealer was the only way to go. In the first place,
more players meant less rounds in favorable situations. Situations which you
might have waited hours for in order to jump your wager. In the second place,
once you finally reached the promised land and encountered a plus deck, you
didn't want the knucklehead playing
first base to get the no-brainer you were betting on. Thirdly, if the house was
foolhardy enough to deal all the way down to the bottom of the deck and you
were fortunate enough to have the table all to yourself, there were some
devastating tactics made possible by the technique known as end-play. The only
downside to such a scenario was that if you were flying solo, your act had
better have been damned good. After all, the pit boss had nobody to look at but
you.
