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- Fritz. (Aug. 6th, 1998)
HOUSE RULES: (typical for Atlantic City)
- Six decks, dealer must stand on any 17.
- Double-down allowed on soft hands.
- Pairs may be split only once.
- Player may double-down after splitting pairs.
KEY: S=stand H=hit D=double P=split Q=surrender
Strategy Table
<---might bust---> <---might stand---> <---- dealer possibility
---+----------------------------------------
2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 X A <---- dealer's up card
---+---------------------------------------- Hard Hands
21 | S S S S S S S S S S
20 | S S S S S S S S S S
19 | S S S S S S S S S S
18 | S S S S S S S s s s
17 | s s s s S s s s s s
16 | s s s s s h h h h h
15 | s s s s s h h h h h
14 | s s s s s h h h h h
13 | s s s s s h h h h h
12 | h h s s s h h h h h
11 | DH DH DH DH DH DH DH DH DH H
10 | DH DH DH DH DH DH DH DH H H
9 | H DH DH DH DH H H h h h
8 | h H H H H H h h h h
7 | h h h H H h h h h h
6 | h h h h h h h h h h
5 | h h h h H h h h h h
4 | h h h h H h h h h h
---+---------------------------------------- Soft Hands
AX | S S S S S S S S S S
A9 | S S S S S S S S S S
A8 | S S S S S S S S S S
A7 | S DS DS DS DS S S h h h
A6 | H DH DH DH DH H h h h h
A5 | h H DH DH DH h h h h h
A4 | h H DH DH DH H h h h h
A3 | H H H DH DH H H h h h
A2 | H H H DH DH H H h h h
AA | H H H H DH H H h h h
---+---------------------------------------- Pairs
XX | S S S S S S S S S S
99 | PS PS PS PS PS S PS ps s s
88 | Ps Ps Ps Ps Ps Ph ph ph ph ph
77 | ps ps Ps Ps Ps ph h h h h
66 | ph ph ps Ps Ps h h h h h
55 | DH DH DH DH DH DH DH DH H H
44 | h H H PH PH H h h h h
33 | ph ph Ph Ph Ph ph h h h h
22 | ph ph Ph Ph PH ph h h h h
AA | PH PH PH PH PDH PH PH Ph Ph Ph
---+----------------------------------------
NOTES:
1) If more than one option is listed,
options to the left are preferred
over options to the right. Options
less favorable than STAND or HIT are
not shown.
2) Use the "Hard Hands" table only
when the other tables do not apply.
3) If splitting Aces is not allowed,
use the "Soft Hands" table.
4) Uppercase options favor the player,
lowercase options favor the house.
---+----------------------------------------
The expected gain for basic strategy play depends on the house
rules and the number of decks. The following table summarizes
the players expectation for a variety of games. All numbers are
in units of percent of initial bet.
<-- number of decks -->
| 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 100 |
----------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+
AC | .1541 -.2228 -.3991 -.4569 -.5368 -.5638 |
----------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+
strip | .0497 -.3191 -.4904 -.5468 -.6245 -.6507 |
----------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+
vegas |-.1445 -.5243 -.7036 -.7625 -.8445 -.8722 |
----------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+
reno |-.4208 -.7386 -.8928 -.9439 -1.0154 -1.0396 |
----------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+
"AC" rules: (typical of Atlantic City)
dealer stands on soft 17
double down on any two cards
double after splits
no resplitting
"strip" rules: (typical of Vegas Strip)
dealer stands on soft 17
double down on any two cards (but not after splits)
"vegas" rules: (typical of Vegas Downtown)
dealer hits soft 17
double down on any two cards (but not after splits)
"reno" rules: (typical of Reno, northern Nevada)
dealer hits soft 17
double down allowed on two card total of 10 or 11 only
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