The switch decision The correct decision regarding whether to switch is sometimes obvious, particularly when there is the largest difference in advantage. However, bordeline and counter-intuitive cases are relatively common, and switching strategy is hard to summarize. While an often-quoted rule of thumb is to choose the option that forms or preserves the best single [...]
Basic strategy is based upon a player’s point total and the dealer’s visible card. A player may be able to improve on this decision by considering the precise composition of his hand, not just the point total. For example, a player should ordinarily stand when holding 12 against a dealer 4. However, in a single [...]
The complete set of optimal decisions for a player regarding only the dealer’s current exposed card and the point total of his own current hand is known as basic strategy. The basic strategy table below applies to the following ruleset: 4 to 8 decks Dealer stands on soft 17 Double on any 2 cards Double [...]
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 [...]
Developed for these rules (as specified in Lesson 1) 6 Decks, S17, DA2, DAS, no surrender. Player’s Hand Decisions 5 thru 8 Always Hit 9 Double 3 thru 6, o/w hit 10 Double 2 thru 9, o/w hit 11 Double 2 thru 10, o/w hit 12 Stand 4 thru 6, o/w Hit 13 thru 16 [...]
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 [...]
Player’s Hand Decisions 5 thru 8 Always Hit 9 Double 3 thru 6, o/w hit 10 Double 2 thru 9, o/w hit 11 Double 2 thru 10, o/w hit 12 Stand 4 thru 6, o/w Hit 13 thru 16 Stand 2 thru 6, o/w Hit 17 or higher Always Stand A,2 Double vs 5&6, o/w [...]
For 6 Decks, S17, DA2, DAS, No surrender Splitting Pairs Pairs 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 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) [...]
