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Bookmark or Share- Blackjack - Gaming Guides - Wizard of VegasBlackjack may be played with one to eight decks of 52-card decks. Aces may be counted as 1 or 11 points, 2 to 9 according to pip value, and tens and face cards count as ten points. The value of a hand is the sum of the point values of the individual cards.
- Blackjack - Games - Wizard of VegasThe object of blackjack is to get closer to 21 than the dealer without going over. The strategy of the game calls for specific times to hit, stand, surrender, double down or split. The Wizard of Vegas blackjack game offers advice based on the cards dealt to the player and the dealer’s door card, while taking the available rules into ...
- Calculation of Expected Values in BlackjackMost people would try to calculate EV's in blackjack by simulations since it is so complex. But the Wizard has done all his expected value calculations explicitly. The calculations are lengthy even for the simplest cases, but I thought I would post the results if anyone wants to try to write their own computer program.
- Stand on 3 card 16 vs ... discussed in Blackjack ... - Wizard of VegasI'm no blackjack expert so when I started playing the IGT full pay video blackjack (100.03%) I had to go to a blackjack expert to get the strategy. It was single deck, first hand off. I gleaned the entire strategy from the Wizard's of Odd's compositional dependent blackjack strategy. Thanks, Shack!
- Streaks in blackjack ... some actual data ... discussed in Blackjack ...One of the issues that players seem to most misunderstand in blackjack are "streaks." The feeling is that the player and dealer should get the same number, more or less. That's just not the case. The dealer is much more likely than the player to get long streaks of wins.
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