You hit/stand/double/split as in normal AC blackjack. You are dealt your hand and the dealer is dealt one card (face up). Some friends and I were in AC last weekend at the Claridge, where we spent the evening playing something called 'Multiple Action Blackjack.' If you do not know about it, basically, you can bet either 2 or 3 times. Update: Since this writing the Westward Ho was torn down and the Slots-a-Fun has slots only. Only over the very long haul does a net profit become likely. About card counting, absolutely not, even the best of card counters will lose often. Next door, at the Westward Ho, double after a split is allowed but the dealer hits a soft 17 for a house edge of 0.04%. The best single-deck game is at the Slots-a-Fun (next to Circus Circus) where the dealer stands on soft 17 for a player edge of 0.01%. With these rules, the house edge is 0.18%.
The typical Las Vegas single-deck game does not allow doubling after a split and the dealer hits a soft 17. I have already enhanced the house edge table in the blackjack section to include a wider variation in rules. However, in real life, when single deck is offered the other rules invariably become more stingy. At the time you wrote this I indicated the house edge according to a fixed set of rules that varied only by the number of decks.
