Mistakes made

[ZenMaster_Flash]

Again, multi-card composition deviations are part of basic strategy in Pontoon, and are accounted for.

It only gets complex when the count calls for deviations from those BS deviations.

Basic Strategy does NOT include B.S. beyond the original 2 card hands. e.g.Hard 17 vs. Ace. If it is a 3 card 17 I can no longer surrender the hand. Basic Strategy dictates precisely what? If the count is high enough I will stand. If the count is low enough I will hit. If the 3 card 17 is the result of a doubled hand, the Basic Strategist will "rescue" against a high card. What about a 4 card Hard17 where a possible bonus hand looms large. What if that 17 is comprised of 5 or more cards and the dealer has flipped up a high card?


Software needs to be able to differentiate between a 3 card hand and a 4 (or more)
card hand, but let's not make the error of
failing to differentiate the suited, unsuited,
and spaded hands.

In my vast experience with Spanish21 I find that the above "only" does not apply. The implication easily drawn, that Basic Strategy is sufficient to beat the game, is profoundly incorrect.

[ZenMaster_Flash]

" ... her other count"

Do you actually know anything substantive about her "other count?"
Her untimely death ended the planned follow-up text.