Test Your Blackjack and Poker Knowledge with This Quiz

Answers:

1) A -- Fewer decks in blackjack usually yield better odds for the player, but watering down the rules can more than make up for it. The 8 deck shoe has a 0.38% house edge over a perfect basic strategy player. The double deck game with its squeaky tight rules, has a 0.68% house advantage.

2) B –- With both a 4-flush and an open end straight draw on the flop, you'll make one or the other 54% of the time. If you miss on the turn, your chances drop to 32% going to the river.

3) B –- You'd need to hit two cards from 3 through 7 on both the turn and the river. It's 16%, or a 5-to-1 shot.

4) B –- Doubling with 11 vs. 10 makes 50% more profit than just hitting. This play is your costliest mistake of the four listed.

5) A –- When you're dealt "big slick" in Hold'em, you've got three chances to hit any one of six cards (3 Aces and 3 Kings) on the flop to make "top pair". That'll happen one time out of three – a 2-to-1 shot.

6) A -- With a six deck shoe, the first 25 cards would have to be non-10s before the odds against the dealer having one in the hole would be under 2-to-1 (191-to-96), thereby making Insurance a profitable bet.

7) A –- When you have A/2/3 in Omaha and two low cards come on the flop with one high card, you'll end up making the "nut" low two times out of three.

8) B -– With pocket Jacks, any one of three "overcards" (Ace, King or Queen) could come on the flop, probably ruining your hand. If you count the times that a Jack flops along with an overcard, your Jacks are just about 50-50 to remain boss on the flop.

9) D –- An 18 is not a winning hand overall. There's nothing you can do with a 10/8, but a 9/9 and an A/7 usually should be split, or hit, or doubled.