DEALER 8


HITTING 17 ? 12


 

                    17              16              15              14    

 

A		-2.2913		-1.05088	-0.626284	-0.457921 

2		-2.33871	-1.38594	-0.314613	 0.0424502 

3		-2.85997	-2.43771	-1.34779        -0.255674  

4		-2.47536	-2.19894	-1.76435	-0.7419	 

5		 1.37724	-2.36073	-2.04525	-1.60912 

6		 1.6552		 1.72456	-2.03732	-1.77118 

7		 1.83993	 1.92535	 1.90629	-1.89921 

8		 2.18038	 2.37604	 2.31794	 2.28689 

9		 1.78107	 0.201884	 0.325984	 0.448319 

T		 0.282875	 0.801591	 0.896347	 0.989336 

 

m              -12.3434	         5.22865         9.02769        12.8089 

                 

ss              41.2946         34.31359        26.08121        19.5066  

 

Cks             -0.00002        -0.000002       -0.000005       -0.0000018 

 



 

                    13              12 

 

A		-0.291204	-0.12559 

2		 0.152055	 0.261938 

3		 0.120518   	 0.24809 

4		 0.282184	 0.563732 

5		-0.608089	 0.394101	 

6		-1.38626	-0.387063 

7		-1.62222	-1.22888 

8		-1.53287	-1.30068 

9		 0.567841	-3.09399 

T		 1.07951	 1.16709 

 

m	        16.5563	        20.2719	 

 

ss	        12.45866        18.99195 

 

Cks             -0.000005        0.000018

The fact that hard 17 is the most volatile of the stiff hitting situations is revealed by the 12th column figure of 41.0.
A player who split three eights and drew (8,9), (8,7,9), and (8,9) would be more than 5% better off to hit the last total of 17 even though the hand was dealt from a full pack!

P. Griffin