Originally Posted by
Gronbog
This is the main reason I believe that RW is just trolling. This statement was designed to incite responses from the members and we know that he has no basis for making this statement because he has no sim results.
Stealth provided what is probably the best intelligent answer to why this sim is unnecessary. The threshold at which to stand on hard hands as the true count rises has already been determined for each match up by simulation. Different researchers using different software have all come up with comparable results. It is clear and intuitively obvious that there is a different threshold for each hand because the risk of busting and the chance of beating the dealer if you do not bust change with each hand total and dealer up card combination. I'm certain that RW understands this.
By proposing a strategy which stands on all stiff hard hands at TC >= 1, RW is asserting that the index for standing on all hard hands is the same and that the index is +1. This is clearly ridiculous and he knows it. Run a sim for amusement purposes if you like. Perhaps the result will serve to put this to rest.
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