Print out this form below and run off a bunch of copies. You will notice that it is just a “blank” of the Basic Strategy Decision Chart we used in Lesson 1 to create the rules for each of the player’s starting hands. The object here is to write in the rule for each hand [...]
Basic Strategy Decision Exercise – Here I’ve made up a lot of player’s starting hands along with a dealer’s up card. Use your “Basic Strategy Matrix” from Lesson 1 to make a “correction copy” and mark it as such at the top. Then, just go down the columns of another copy and fill in the [...]
This is a very simple lesson — I’m going to show you how to memorize your chosen basic strategy perfectly. So perfect, in fact, that you won’t have to think about which play is proper; you’ll just do it automatically. That skill is developed through a lot of practice; many hours of repetitious exercises which [...]
Developed for these rules (as specified in Lesson 1) 6 Decks, S17, DA2, DAS, no surrender. Player’s Hand Decisions thru 8 Always Hit Double 3 thru 6, o/w hit 0 Double 2 thru 9, o/w hit 1 Double 2 thru 10, o/w hit 2 Stand 4 thru 6, o/w Hit 3 thru 16 Stand 2 [...]
Go to the Blackjack Strategy Engine at http://www.blackjackinfo.com. You will be presented with this page… Click on the link that says “Blackjack Basic Strategy Engine” You will be presented with this page… Fill in the information about the game will be playing. Then click the button “Get the Charts!” The engine will figure out what [...]
Developed for a fairly common game (as described in lesson 1): Six decks, double on any first two cards, double after splitting pairs is permitted and the dealer stands on A-6. Splitting Pairs Pairs T A (A,A) Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y (T,T) N N N N N N N [...]
Player’s Hand Decisions thru 8 Always Hit Double 3 thru 6, o/w hit 0 Double 2 thru 9, o/w hit 1 Double 2 thru 10, o/w hit 2 Stand 4 thru 6, o/w Hit 3 thru 16 Stand 2 thru 6, o/w Hit 7 or higher Always Stand A,2 Double vs 5&6, o/w Hit A,3 [...]
For 6 Decks, S17, DA2, DAS, No surrender Splitting Pairs Pairs T A (A,A) Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y (T,T) N N N N N N N N N N (9,9) Y Y Y Y Y N Y Y N N (8,8) Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y [...]
The foundation of winning at Blackjack is to utilize proper basic strategy in playing the hands. “Proper” means that each decision you make on hitting, standing, doubling or splitting pairs is the correct mathematical play for that hand. There is no room for intuition, gut feelings or guessing when it comes to basic strategy; you [...]
