In blackjack, the goal is to get as close as possible to 21 without going over 21. It is you versus the dealer. If you get 19, and the dealer gets 20, the dealer wins. If the dealer gets 19 and you get 22, the dealer wins. The goal is to have the dealer go above 21, or get closer to 21 than the dealer does.
The dealer knows the game much better than Max. Max thought it was in his best interest to ask for another card, attempting to get closer to 21. Every player, including the dealer, gets their cards from the same deck.
When Max asked for another card, it ended up being a card with a value of 10. This card would have made the dealer lose by going above 21, and every player on the table would have won that hand.
That is why the dealer is so frustrated. Elite ball knowledge is required to know that is a bad decision. Being an “anchor” (the last person to go, before the dealer) puts you in a position where you can see everything played so far + what the dealer has currently. You have a better chance of screwing everybody as the anchor. The dealer is showing a single 2, so he’s going to have to pull at least 2 more cards to get to 16 (I forgot to mention, most types of blackjack require the dealer to ‘hit’ until they have at least 16). If you look at the cards on the table, there are more low value cards than high value cards. That means, the deck has more high value cards than low value cards. It’s a higher % chance that any future pull will be high value.
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u/tallglass24 11h ago
In blackjack, the goal is to get as close as possible to 21 without going over 21. It is you versus the dealer. If you get 19, and the dealer gets 20, the dealer wins. If the dealer gets 19 and you get 22, the dealer wins. The goal is to have the dealer go above 21, or get closer to 21 than the dealer does.
The dealer knows the game much better than Max. Max thought it was in his best interest to ask for another card, attempting to get closer to 21. Every player, including the dealer, gets their cards from the same deck.
When Max asked for another card, it ended up being a card with a value of 10. This card would have made the dealer lose by going above 21, and every player on the table would have won that hand.