I have been wondering about the house rule that the dealer stands on hard 17.
If you were playing "solataire" blackjack where there were no other players
and your goal was to get as high a score as possible without going over 21
wouldn't your best strategy be to stand on hard 15? That is because if
you drew on hard 15 there are 7 cards that would bust you and only 6 that
would improve your hand.


If casinos changed their rules so that the dealer had to stand on hard 15, I
think that many players would consider the change to be in their favor. Would
the reverse be true? What do you think?