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Originally Posted by leo doc
I'm pretty dissapointed here fellas. My daughter is set to arrive on Thursday and I got no blackjack coach for her. Wassup with that?
And I'm good for a fun tic/hour as long as HB gives you the thumbs-up.
I'm willing to learn how to play perfectly before Thursday.
I'm also willing to teach the
Wizard's near-optimal strategy to someone who's willing to lower their expectation by about 2 bets per day from optimal. If you can't remember 7 "always" rules, you shouldn't be playing.
The "simple" Wizard strategy, for example, can easily be memorized, and while it costs you 0.000003 units every time you only HIT soft-15 against a 4 instead of doubling, well, as mentioned, it has the ability to be easily memorized.
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Always:
- Hit hard 8 or less.
- Stand on hard 17 or more.
- Hit on soft 15 or less.
- Stand on soft 19 or more.
- With 10 or 11, double if you have more than the dealer's up card (treating a dealer ace as 11 points), otherwise hit.
- Surrender 16 against 10.
- Split eights and aces.
If the player hand does not fit one of the above "always" rules, and the dealer has a 2 to 6 up, then play as follows:
- Double on 9.
- Stand on hard 12 to 16
- Double soft 16 to 18.
- Also split 2's, 3's, 6's, 7's, and 9's.
If the player hand does not fit one of the above "always" rules, and the dealer has a 7 to A up, then hit.