From: jacobs@cs.utah.edu (Steven R Jacobs)
Subject: Re: Strategy variations at the LV Club
In-reply-to: mbuck@fibers's message of 20 Jul 92 19:43:14 GMT
Organization: University of Utah CS Dept
	<1992Jul20.154314.485@fibers>
Date: 21 Jul 92 11:33:17

In article <1992Jul20.154314.485@fibers> mbuck@fibers (Michael D. Buck) writes:
>In article <JACOBS.92Jul20095951@cells.cs.utah.edu>, jacobs@cs.utah.edu (Steven R Jacobs) writes:
>> In article <1992Jul20.091507.483@fibers> mbuck@fibers (Michael D. Buck) writes:
>>>
>>> The Las Vegas Club allows doubling on any 2,3, or 4 cards, as well as
>>> allowing double after split (DAS) at their BlackJack games.
>>
>> There would probably be a few basic strategy changes.  Isn't this
>> a 6 deck game?  If you can give me a complete set of rules, I'll try
>> to produce basic strategy for the game.
>
> Sorry for the incompleteness of my question.  Here's some more info:
>    6 decks
>    Double any 2,3, or 4 cards (including after splitting)
>    Re-split Aces
>    Automatic win with 6-card hand
>    H17
>    Late Surrender

This game has a house edge of about 0.11%, which is really very low for
a 6 deck game (if this game was single deck, the basic strategy player
would have a .375% advantage).  Basic strategy for the 6-deck version
of this game is given below.

              Basic Strategy Table

     <---might bust--->  <---might stand--->  <---- dealer possibility
---+----------------------------------------
     2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9   X   A    <---- dealer's up card
---+----------------------------------------  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  pqh pqh qph 
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 | h   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  PH  PH  PH  PH  Ph  Ph  
---+----------------------------------------  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   DS  S   S   S   S   S   
A7 | DS  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   H   DH  DH  H   h   h   h   h   
A3 | H   H   H   DH  DH  H   H   h   h   h   
A2 | H   H   H   H   H   H   H   h   h   h   
AA | H   H   H   H   H   H   H   H   h   h   
---+----------------------------------------  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   qs  
16 | s   s   s   s   s   h   h   qh  qh  qh  
15 | s   s   s   s   s   h   h   h   qh  qh  
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  DH  
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   
---+----------------------------------------
S=stand H=hit D=double P=split Q=surrender

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.

---+----------------------------------------
--
Steve Jacobs  ({bellcore,hplabs,uunet}!utah-cs!jacobs, jacobs@cs.utah.edu)
"Never try to teach a pig to sing.  It wastes your time and annoys the pig."
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