Wizard
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One project that has been in my project ideas list for several years is a blackjack basic strategy calculator. JB just completed one, which I think looks great. As my faithful guinea pigs, I welcome you to try it out and report any errors or suggestions, before I officially announce it. The link above will take you there.Administrator
Nov 02, 2014 This video is a supplement to 'Blackjack Basic Strategy for Infinite Decks' and 'Blackjack House Edge with Infinite Decks,' two videos by the Wizard of Odds, Michael Shackleford.
Thanks in advance for having a look.
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DJTeddyBear
Assuming the math is right, it's very cool.While I TOTALLY realize that these are somewhat standard colors, I didn't know that when I created my own strategy cards. So here's what I use:
Hit - Green
Stand - Red
Split - Yellow, and use / instead of P
Double - Blue
Surrender - Black (although white is fine)
![Blackjack Blackjack](/uploads/1/2/5/2/125255117/883709633.jpg)
FYI: I didn't do any math. I simply found strategy online, then used colors that I wanted.
This is great because I only have ONE card. I've been intending to update it for a long time..
Superstitions are silly, childish, irrational rituals, born out of fear of the unknown. But how much does it cost to knock on wood? ? Note that the same could be said for Religion. I.E. Religion is nothing more than organized superstition. ?
Wizard
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I get my colors from Playing Blackjack as a Business by Lawrence Revere. It was the first blackjack book I ever read, so I honor it by using its color scheme to this day. Hopefully Lawrence won't mind.Administrator
It's not whether you win or lose; it's whether or not you had a good bet.
pecogg
Looks great on this end. Would it be possible to include a house edge calculation along with the BS calculator?
Thanks!
Thanks!
toastcmu
I echo what's been said - if you can include overall house edge and maybe the ability to print it out as a stategy card, that would be great.
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Wizard
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Administrator
Looks great on this end. Would it be possible to include a house edge calculation along with the BS calculator?
I thought of that too. It would make it significantly more complicated to include that. I'll bounce it off of JB, but that information is available separately at my house edge calculator.
It's not whether you win or lose; it's whether or not you had a good bet.
DJTeddyBear
I get my colors from Playing Blackjack as a Business by Lawrence Revere. It was the first blackjack book I ever read, so I honor it by using its color scheme to this day. Hopefully Lawrence won't mind.
Oh, I totally agree that the colors you used are correct. It seems that everywhere I have seen strategy cards for sale, or charts online, those are the colors.I was just flapping my virtual gums. And suggest it in case JC were inclined to make color choice an option..
Superstitions are silly, childish, irrational rituals, born out of fear of the unknown. But how much does it cost to knock on wood? ? Note that the same could be said for Religion. I.E. Religion is nothing more than organized superstition. ?
matilda
I get my colors from Playing Blackjack as a Business by Lawrence Revere. It was the first blackjack book I ever read, so I honor it by using its color scheme to this day. Hopefully Lawrence won't mind.
![Blackjack Blackjack](/uploads/1/2/5/2/125255117/628079816.jpg)
DJTeddyBear
OK. I've been playing with it, and have come up with a change that will be HUGE to the user, but simple for the web designer:Rearrange the page so that the drop-down menus are on the left, with the key below it, and the chart is on the right.
This way, with most screen resolutions, it's all on the screen at once.
I.E. Change a drop-down, and see all the results without scrolling.
Superstitions are silly, childish, irrational rituals, born out of fear of the unknown. But how much does it cost to knock on wood? ? Note that the same could be said for Religion. I.E. Religion is nothing more than organized superstition. ?
Kellynbnf
Blackjack Basic Strategy Wizard Of Odds
I found a bug: With the soft hands, it has just one row for hands of 19+. If a rule set is selected in which soft 19 vs. 6 is a double, the calculator implies that you should also do the same for a soft 20 (or even a soft 21!), which of course is inaccurate.
On This Page
Introduction
To use the basic strategy, look up your hand along the left vertical edge and the dealer's up card along the top. In both cases an A stands for ace. From top to bottom are the hard totals, soft totals, and splittable hands. There are two charts depending on whether the dealer hits or stands on soft 17.
Other basic strategy rules.
- Never take insurance or 'even money.'
- If there is no row for splitting (fives and tens), then look up your hand as a hard total (10 or 20).
- If you can't split because of a limit on re-splitting, then look up your hand as a hard total.
If you play a mixture of six-deck games, some where the dealer hits a soft 17, and some where he stands, and you only wish to memorize one strategy, I would recommend you memorize the one where the dealer stands on soft 17. The cost in errors due to playing the wrong strategy is 2.3 times higher playing a stand on soft 17 game, with the hit on 17 strategy, than vise versa.
Basic Strategy in Text
For the benefit of my blind readers, here is the above strategy in text form, when the dealer stands on soft 17 and surrender is allowed. To use the strategy, start at the top, and follow the first rule that applies.
Surrender
Blackjack Basic Strategy Odds
- Surrender hard 16 (but not a pair of 8s) vs. dealer 9, 10, or A, and hard 15 vs. dealer 10.
Wizard Of Odds Basic Strategy
Split
- Always split aces and 8s.
- Never split 5s and 10s.
- Split 2s and 3s against a dealer 4-7, and against a 2 or 3 if DAS is allowed.
- Split 4s only if DAS is allowed and the dealer shows a 5 or 6.
- Split 6s against a dealer 3-6, and against a 2 if DAS is allowed.
- Split 7s against a dealer 2-7.
- Split 9s against a dealer 2-6 or 8-9.
Double
- Double hard 9 vs. dealer 3-6.
- Double hard 10 except against a dealer 10 or A.
- Double hard 11 except against a dealer A.
- Double soft 13 or 14 vs. dealer 5-6.
- Double soft 15 or 16 vs. dealer 4-6.
- Double soft 17 or 18 vs. dealer 3-6.
Hit or Stand
- Always hit hard 11 or less.
- Stand on hard 12 against a dealer 4-6, otherwise hit.
- Stand on hard 13-16 against a dealer 2-6, otherwise hit.
- Always stand on hard 17 or more.
- Always hit soft 17 or less.
- Stand on soft 18 except hit against a dealer 9, 10, or A.
- Always stand on soft 19 or more.
As I've said many times, the above strategy will be fine under any set of rules. However, for you perfectionists out there, here are the modifications to make if the dealer hits a soft 17.
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- Surrender 15, a pair of 8s, and 17 vs. dealer A.
- Double 11 vs. dealer A.
- Double soft 18 vs. dealer 2.
- Double soft 19 vs. dealer 6.
My thanks to Kelly for putting together the above text strategy.