App Profile: Blackjack - Vegas Casino Real

Malignant Narcissist

Rating: 5/5

I’ve tried many free and pay BJ apps and this one easily remains my favorite. Free chips and plenty of options which allow for practice using different rules/odds that you might find in various casinos and cruise ships... BJ pays 3/2 or 6/5 - Splitting Aces (and/or re-split) - Double after split - Surrender - From 1-8 decks, and much more. Auto re-bet is nice option, set the speed of play, table color, several card designs, play in portrait or landscape modes (great for iPad). Strategy advice (on/off), training hands, and it saves your statistics to review your play. If your looking for real practice, you found it with this app. The reviews saying blackjack is rigged for the dealer, are correct; and probably have very little experience in a casino. The odds are always on the houses side. That’s how the bills are paid. Learn the odds, or stick with slots. There is no motivation for the developer to rig this game. Although there are some settings/options in this game I’d sure like to have in a casino. My only recommendations are sync bankroll with iPad/iPhone, and a option to play friend(s) online.

josephstalin666

Rating: 2/5

The deck is rigged against you completely, this is not realistic, it’s not that hard to tell that the cards aren’t random bet high and you will get a bad hand reduce your bet extremely and your hand improves tremendously. The dealer goes on winning streaks which happens in real bj of course but not as much as portrayed here. I’ve had fun trying to find a way to exploit dealer streaks by betting low and when the game gives you a rare win streak to bet high but it doesn’t always work because the game almost always gives you a bad hand when you bet higher. Also whenever your supposed to double or split by basic strategy the game will screw you over 9/10 times with the card you draw being bad or the dealer gets a 21 from a 3-6 revealed card. I can’t count how many times I’ve had a good hand to stay but the dealer is always 1 more up. The algorithm seems to just decide that you are going to lose, whatever shuffle their is isn’t consistent. I have to wonder what incentive their is for the developer to rig the deck this way, perhaps if you buy the pro version some of these issues might be resolved. The longer you play the worse the odds get which is realistic, it’s best to just play a few hands and take your winnings doing this I’ve been able to grow the balance substantially. Despite all the issues this is the best blackjack app I’ve tried so far although that isn’t saying much. If you want to really learn it’s best to just use real cards.

My2sente

Rating: 5/5

This is the best blackjack app I've found in the AppStore. I have tried quite a few of them and none of the other apps come close. Of the others I've tried, they all want you to buy chips, or their shuffle algorithm favors the dealer overwhelmingly, or both. The great attributes of this game are: - Chips are free. No extra chip buying! - The shuffle algorithm is as close to the real thing as I've come across. - The table settings allows you to set it up the same as you would find in Vegas . - The free version gives you all the functionality, just with ads. - Removing adds forever is just $1.99, which is a very fair price (I paid it almost immediately). - It actually plays in landscape on the iPad, unlike a lot of the others that's still mostly geared towards the iPhone in portrait. - The app developer is very responsive to suggestions and requests, and clearly knows the ins and outs of blackjack. - It's great to play just for fun (there's a luck booster) or to use it to practice for the real thing. I'm using it to prep for an upcoming Vegas trip, and it has already helped me to become better at basic strategy and bankroll management. Kudos to the developer for creating this great blackjack app!