Suppose you took a single deck of cards, shuffled them, and then randomly picked one card. He is also the lead Instructor for the Golden Touch Blackjack course, a feature writer for Casino Player magazine (and 6 other publications) an owner of a casino gambling publishing company (and the host of For a free three month subscription to the Henry's Blackjack Insider Newsletter with full membership privileges go to Henry's website is But one of the major reasons is simply due to the fact that you will be dealt more blackjack hands in a single deck game compared to a multiple deck game. Henry Tamburin is the editor and publisher of the Blackjack Insider Newsletter and author of the best-selling Blackjack: Take the Money & Run.
I must get asked that question at least once a week because the reason isn't very obvious to most blackjack players. Why is a single deck game better for the player than a multiple deck game?