Thanks, Gronbog
Thanks, Gronbog.
Could you please help me to generate the similar strategy table for these scenarios :-
(A)
1) 6 deck, S17, peek.
2) DOA, DAS.
3) RSA2( Pair A, A split to max 2 hands only), RS4( other pair can split to max 4 hands).
4) ES10.
5) Split (A, A) can ONLY STAND or Double but NOT HIT.
(B)
1) 6 deck, S17, No Peek.
2) DOA, DAS.
3) RSA2( Pair A, A split to max 2 hands only), RS4( other pair can split to max 4 hands).
4) ES10.
5) Split (A, A) can ONLY STAND or Double but NOT HIT.
(C)
1) 8 deck, S17, peek.
2) DOA, DAS.
3) RSA2( Pair A, A split to max 2 hands only), RS4( other pair can split to max 4 hands).
4) ES10.
5) Split (A, A) can ONLY STAND or Double but NOT HIT.
(D)
1) 8 deck, S17, No Peek.
2) DOA, DAS.
3) RSA2( Pair A, A split to max 2 hands only), RS4( other pair can split to max 4 hands).
4) ES10.
5) Split (A, A) can ONLY STAND or Double but NOT HIT.
Last edited by James989; 05-18-2018 at 03:43 PM.
Assuming that the no peek rule is to lose all of your doubles and splits (ENHC), and with ES10, the doubling/splitting strategy for Aces vs T and A will change and the post-split strategy for split aces may change. I can generate that for you. As CC says, there will be no difference between 6 and 8 decks.
I was away for a few days. I will generate the strategy for you for NOPEEK assuming you lose all bets to a dealer blackjack (ENHC). You already have the post-split strategy for PEEK. The pre-split strategy for PEEK does not change from the normal basic strategy.
Unfortunately my combinatorial analyzer http://www.bjstrat.net/cgi-bin/cdca.cgi only has the rules option of doubling after splitting aces only if hitting of split aces is also allowed. However, with a some additional work you can use it to compute what you are looking for by following these steps:
1. Remove 1 ace from the starting shoe composition. (For 6 decks the starting number of aces will be 23 following this step.) Make sure DOA (double on any 2 cards) is selected as a rule option. Also uncheck the option to compute EV conditioned on no dealer blackjack where applicable for a reason that will become apparent below. Removal of 1 ace allows for a split pair of aces before computing the first split hand.
2. Enter player cards of A-2 through A-T under player cards, pressing compute after each entry.
3. After step 2 the stand, double, and hit EVs will be displayed. Ignore the hit EV since hitting is not allowed and choose the best option between doubling and standing as the strategy.
4. For a hand of A-T the program considers A-T to be a blackjack which automatically wins if dealer does not have blackjack. In order to compute this hand as a non-blackjack we need to look at the dealer probabilities in order to compute the stand EV. A player hand of 21 wins if dealer has 17, 18, 19, 20, or busts. 21 pushes a dealer 21 and loses to a dealer blackjack so stand EV = p17+p18+p19+p20+pBust-pDBJ where p17, p18, p19, p20, p21, pBust, pDBJ = probability of dealer 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, bust, blackjack versus each up card. We compare this to a double EV that was computed unconditionally (not conditioned on dealer not having blackjack.)
For 6 decks s17 split ace hands of A-2 through A-9 I get these strategies. You would definitely double when double EV is positive and greater than stand EV. Sometimes double EV is greater than stand EV although both are negative. In these cases you would be better off doubling but doubling for less would be a better option.
A-2 double vs. 3,4,5,6 otherwise consider doubling for less
A-3 double vs. 3,4,5,6 otherwise consider doubling for less
A-4 double vs. 4,5,6 otherwise consider doubling for less
A-5 double vs. 4,5,6 otherwise consider doubling for less
A-6 double vs. 3,4,5,6 consider doubling for less vs. 2,7,8,9
A-7 double vs. 3,4,5,6 otherwise stand
A-8 stand vs. all up cards
A-9 stand vs. all up cards
I have not computed A-T but I suspect that the best strategy is to stand versus all up cards.
Hope this is helpful.
k_c
Thanks Gronbog, but it is still not working for me. I have a different anti virus this year, "Kaspersky is no longer available in the USA through stores" which is Norton this could be the problem. Not to mention I am still running Windows XP system, and using some version of Google Chrome. Thank you again for reporting it.
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