I'll soon be going to the casino with an sp. I know the basics of blackjack would like to learn more starting at square one. Any recommendations for instructional software. Needs to run on Mac.
Thanks and wish me luck!
Thanks and wish me luck!
So you double a soft 19 against a 2?For me i always double down on a soft 17-19, against anything under a 6.
Bumping an oldie here.http://www.blackjackinfo.com/bjbse.php
Some of the splits in this basic strategy chart are very aggressive and I wouldn`t do them even if up a lot.
Like splitting 8`s against a 10 or A or splitting 2`s or 3`s against a 2, 3, or 4.
Hitting a 12 against a 2 can go either way.
I like to hit it but if someone else stays with 12 and the table is basically playing for a bust, I am not going to try to be a hero and risk killing everybody.
Hitting 12 against a 3 is aggessive and I sometimes do it but usually don`t.
I will sometimes hit a 13 against a 2.
Most of basic strategy is basic common sense but there are several moves that are borderline and could easily go either way and I play them according to how the flow of the game is going and how I feel at the time.
No it is called going with the flow in a very small sampling of play.your making a play "sometimes" or "usually" or "how I feel at the time" goes against the grain of strategy based play. It's called WAGging (wild ass guessing). Either hit it, or don't. Split it, or don't. By doing the same thing every time in the same situation, you allow variance to dictate the outcome rather than your own guesses.
Three hands in a row...not three hands. Ever have a bad shoe? You won't, if you leave after 3 straight losses. The only shoes that hurt me are the lose two, win one, lose two, win one.....or when you get pounded on your splits and doublesNo it is called going with the flow in a very small sampling of play.
The numbers may work out over many millions of hands but for any given stretch in a particular shoe, anything can happen and simply playing by the book usually means losing.
You talk about variance dictating the outcome yet you would walk away after losing 3 hands?
That is funny.
"hi opt 2" is the counting system that I try to implement. It's not that it is difficult, but it becomes impractical when 6 decks are used and 1.5 decks are cut out at the end of the shoe. Even worse is the neverending shoe, where the cards go back in the automated shuffle machine and the shoe never ends. You can still get single deck, higher limit games in some casinos elsewhere, but not in Ontario that I am aware of.Vulcan99,
Good basic easy to remember strategy for the blackjack neophyte. Counting cards can even be simplified so that even us old farts can keep the count going.