Wizard Of Oz Blackjack Strategy

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Introduction

To use the basic strategy, look up your hand along the left vertical edge and the dealer's up card along the top. In both cases an A stands for ace. From top to bottom are the hard totals, soft totals, and splittable hands. There are two charts depending on whether the dealer hits or stands on soft 17.

Other basic strategy rules.

  • Never take insurance or 'even money.'
  • If there is no row for splitting (fives and tens), then look up your hand as a hard total (10 or 20).
  • If you can't split because of a limit on re-splitting, then look up your hand as a hard total, except aces. In the extremely unlikely event you have a pair of aces you can't re-split and drawing to split aces is allowed, then double against a 6, otherwise hit.

If you play a mixture of six-deck games, some where the dealer hits a soft 17, and some where he stands, and you only wish to memorize one strategy, I would recommend you memorize the one where the dealer stands on soft 17. The cost in errors due to playing the wrong strategy is 2.3 times higher playing a stand on soft 17 game, with the hit on 17 strategy, than vise versa.

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Basic Strategy in Text

For the benefit of my blind readers, here is the above strategy in text form, when the dealer stands on soft 17 and surrender is allowed. To use the strategy, start at the top, and follow the first rule that applies.

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Surrender

  • Surrender hard 16 (but not a pair of 8s) vs. dealer 9, 10, or A, and hard 15 vs. dealer 10.

Split

  • Always split aces and 8s.
  • Never split 5s and 10s.
  • Split 2s and 3s against a dealer 4-7, and against a 2 or 3 if DAS is allowed.
  • Split 4s only if DAS is allowed and the dealer shows a 5 or 6.
  • Split 6s against a dealer 3-6, and against a 2 if DAS is allowed.
  • Split 7s against a dealer 2-7.
  • Split 9s against a dealer 2-6 or 8-9.

Double

  • Double hard 9 vs. dealer 3-6.
  • Double hard 10 except against a dealer 10 or A.
  • Double hard 11 except against a dealer A.
  • Double soft 13 or 14 vs. dealer 5-6.
  • Double soft 15 or 16 vs. dealer 4-6.
  • Double soft 17 or 18 vs. dealer 3-6.

Hit or Stand

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  • Always hit hard 11 or less.
  • Stand on hard 12 against a dealer 4-6, otherwise hit.
  • Stand on hard 13-16 against a dealer 2-6, otherwise hit.
  • Always stand on hard 17 or more.
  • Always hit soft 17 or less.
  • Stand on soft 18 except hit against a dealer 9, 10, or A.
  • Always stand on soft 19 or more.

As I've said many times, the above strategy will be fine under any set of rules. However, for you perfectionists out there, here are the modifications to make if the dealer hits a soft 17.

  • Surrender 15, a pair of 8s, and 17 vs. dealer A.
  • Double 11 vs. dealer A.
  • Double soft 18 vs. dealer 2.
  • Double soft 19 vs. dealer 6.

My thanks to Kelly for putting together the above text strategy.


Written by:Michael Shackleford
WhiteStars
i am using basic strategy to play blackjack online on a blackjack basic strategy game and i got 2 cards that total 14 and the dealer had 1 card which was a 3 and basic strategy says to stand so i clicked stand and then the dealer ended up with a 18 or 19 i cant remember which but the dealer won and i lost $100 and it really annoys me, not because i lost $100 but because before i knew about card counting (by the way i'm not card counting on the basic strategy game, i'm just using a basic strategy chart) and basic strategy i used to just guess whether to hit or stand based on the numbers on the cards and back then before i followed basic strategy i would of hit because 14 is a very low number but now i know about basic strategy and i followed it and its supposed to make me less likely to lose and yet i lost. is blackjack basic strategy correct?
i'm using this basic strategy:
please help.
Beethoven9th
Using basic strategy does not mean that you will win every time you play. In fact, unless you are counting, you will still lose regardless of whether or not you use BS. The difference is that BS will allow you to lose a lot less compared to your way of playing.
ams288
Basic strategy is your best bet if you're not counting cards. You are seriously questioning it based on ONE hand where it didn't work out for you? If that's the case, play slots.
Don't worry, there isn't some worldwide conspiracy out there to promote basic strategy even though it doesn't really work.
FleaStiff
I agree. IF you have 14 and dealer's up card is a 3, then the proper Basic Strategy option for the player is to Stand and force the dealer to take a card in the hope that the dealer will bust, but its not absolutely guaranteed, its merely the optimal play for the player to make.
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Play that hand a million times. THEN form an opinion....
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24Bingo
With no upcard will the dealer bust more than 50% of the time, and certainly not a 3 (that's why you should hit a 12 against a 3). Basic strategy still gives you a slightly losing game, with well over 50% of hands being lost (doubles and naturals making up most of the difference), and on average about one bet being lost every 150-500 hands, depending on rules. Even beyond that, simple luck is going to work against you sometimes. You were dealt a bad hand, made the best move, and lost. It's going to happen more often than not. If you can't stomach that, don't play $100 a hand.

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