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- Fritz. (Aug. 6th, 1998)

Basic Strategy for Black Jack


  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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