At a casino, should you play Blackjack different (odds wise) if you are playing Streak?

Question

At a casino, should you play Blackjack different (odds wise) if you are playing Streak?

Answer 1

A streak is history - something you can say you had, but not something you can say you are going to get. Assume you have won 5 hands, what of the next hand?

(1) hand has more chance of winning because you have had a streak of 5 wins.

or

(2) hand will be random with the same chance as normal

Perhaps there is a third possibility - consider this:

The majority of winning hands win because they drew the better cards, the big ones, aces, 10s, 9s. The little cards 2 through 6 have lesser winning chances.

(3) Each time you win a hand in a streak you are likely to be reducing the proportion of big cards left in the pack, so the next hand dealt to you is just a little more likely to contain bad cards. Each succeeding hand of a streak gets slightly worse. Of course, the amount is only tiny but it is real.

Answer 2

Aside from splitting and doubling down, it shouldn't affect your strategy at all, since you're still just trying to maximize the probability of winning the hand.

Doubling down:  Don't do it, since this only allows you to get one more card.  You want to be able to draw more cards if it is correct to do so.

Splits:  If you win one hand and lose the other, it doesn't count as a win but your streak bet is still alive.  Optimal split strategy is probably slightly different; in particular I wouldn't split 9's unless the dealer was showing a 9.

Answer 3

There is a very good website.  www.wizardofodds.com.  

you will be able to download a blackjack chart.  it was devised by a mathematician to determined the best course of action depending on the hand.