There are definitely a lot of advantages to counting cards over playing poker. Heck, you can also do both, and play a couple quick shoes while you are waiting to get on that juicy 2/5 table. Get two birds stoned at once.
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but I would speculate that the $50 / hour isn't doable for most people
The advantage to blackjack over poker is that $50 / hour is doable for virtually anyone. Beating blackjack is not complicated, and it is not difficult. It does not require a high IQ or significant mental abilities. It just takes about 100 hours of practice. And unlike poker, there is an objective measurement of whether or not you are a winning blackjack player, a skills test.
Another advantage to blackjack is the game does not get any more difficult as you move up in limits.
You do require a substantial bankroll to make a decent hourly at blackjack (as you do at poker). For people with really small bankrolls, but gambling skills, online poker is probably the best way to go, because you can get in so much more volume that even playing microstakes you can still get an okay hourly.
Exactly how much bankroll you need to make $50 / hr depends on game conditions. Rules, penetration, and rounds per hour (which is determined by a number of factors, such as how many ppl are at the table, are there side bets, fast or slow dealer). You could make $50 / hr at the best blackjack game in the world with maybe a $10,000 bankroll, but in less ideal and more common conditions you would probably need $20,000 to $50,000. Of course you don't need to take my word for it, you can use CVCX and calculate your hourly based on local conditions.
Last edited by PokerPlayingGamble; 08-21-2018 at 08:51 AM.