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  1. Calculation of Area Under the Standard Normal Curve

    On occasion I will post code to the blog as an extension of the Sim Secrets chapter of my book. These posts will generally only be of interest to programmers.

    Page 91 in Theory of Blackjack and page 147 in Blackjack Attack have tables used to determine areas under sections of the standard normal curve. These tables can be used to determine the probability of some events. For example, CVCX uses this to determine the probability of your actual results in a casino.

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  2. Blackjack Rules and Variations

    I have about 140 Blackjack rules in my book. But, the variations keep coming. Ithought I would maintain a list of additional variations here. I’ll update this list as people inform me of new rules:

    • ENHC game, you can wait to buy insurance until the moment the dealer announces “Insurance closes!” and hits the upcard. This is very convenient because you have the chance of seeing more cards to make the decision. And you can buy insurance before you hit your hand and if you bust
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  3. Wonging — How Many Shoes Do We Play?

    There seems to exist a paucity of data on Wonging. I thought I’d add a series of tables. Let us start with the number of shoes played. The question is, if we backcount an entire shoe, what is the likelihood that we will ever enter the shoe? In this test, I assume that the player will enter at a fixed true count. Six decks, HiLo, 85% penetration. We will look at tables with one though five players. And, we will look at backcounters that enter at a true count of +1, +2 and +3. The red player (the
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  4. Card Counting Strategy Complexity vs. Speed

    In my last post, I looked at the effects of increasing error rate when increasing Blackjack strategy complexity. As a quick follow-on, let’s take a quick look at decreasing speed due to increased complexity. Speed is something I mention numerous times in my books. When using a more complex card counting strategy, the number of rounds that you play in a day can decrease for two reasons. First, you may spend more time thinking. Less obvious is the fact that you are likely to tire more quickly, and
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  5. Card Counting Strategy Complexity vs. Error Rate

    In Blackjack, we know that there are many card counting strategies, and that the more complex strategies provide better performance. But, we also know that this comes at a price. You are more likely to tire using a more complex count, and you may make additional errors — and, these errors may negate any improved performance. But, how does the complex counting strategy’s performance compare to the decrease in performance due to errors? Obviously, it depends on the error rate.

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