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Lazy BlackJack

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Basic strategy

Basic game strategy was repeatedly counted mathematically. It’s the only one right decision in the game BlackJack. It’s indisputable. Do not try to play without sticking to basic strategy.

Only strict following to the decisions of basic strategy will reduce casino advantage to minimum.

The founder of basic strategy (it is the same as strategy “Monte Carlo”) is considered Boldown. In the 50-eties, he with his colleagues has counted the most optimal variants of turns and published his works in one of the Americans magazines.

But the real upheaval in basic game strategy, without doubt, made Edward O. Torp, who counted dozens millions of combinations and carried out the thorough analysis of situations when the player would most probably win and when he would lose.

Besides, Torp came to the conclusion that the probability of one or another combination changes with each card, which came out of the pack. (More detailed information about it is in the item "Cards counter")

How to take game decisions, sticking to the basic strategy:

- “hard” hand:

Card, open by dealer

Draw...

2 or 3

13

4, 5, 6

12

7, 8, 9, 10, Ace

17

- “soft” hand:

Card, open by dealer

Draw...

2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8

soft 18

9, 10, Ace

soft 19

-Split the cards if:

Your cards

Open dealer’s card

2 and 2

2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7

3 and 3

2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7

4 and 4

5 or 6

5 and 5

DO NOT SPLIT!!!

6 and 6

2, 3, 4, 5, 6

7 and 7

2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7

8 and 8

Any card

9 and 9

2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9

10 and 10

DO NOT SPLIT!!!

Ace and Ace

Any card

- Double the bet if:

a) It is allowed to double only at 11, 10 and 9 points:

Sum of points of your two cards

Open dealer’s card

9

3, 4, 5, 6

10

2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9

11

any card, except Ace

b) It is allowed to double only at two cards:

Sum of points of your two cards

Open dealer’s card

"soft" 13 or 14 (Ace,2 or Ace,3)

5 or 6

"soft" 15 or 16 (Ace,4 or Ace,5)

4, 5, 6

"soft" 17 or 18 (Ace,6 or Ace,7)

3, 4, 5, 6

- Surrender (Pass):

Sum of points of your two cards

Open dealer’s card

5, 6, 7, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17

Ace

14, 15, 16

10

16 (except 8 and 8)

9


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