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Double Deck Blackjack Betting Strategy Poker

My question relates to the Basic Strategy chart for double deck where it says to split 6s against dealer's 7 if double after split is allowed otherwise hit. And in the same way to split 7s against dealer's 8. Does card composition make so much of a difference in double deck and if so how/reasoning? Would the computer not worry about player getting two 16s and losing against dealer's 17 or two 17's and dealer getting 18 rather than hitting in both situations as in 6 deck basic strategy instead? I have been searching the internet without success. Thank you for your help.
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My question relates to the Basic Strategy chart for double deck where it says to split 6s against dealer's 7 if double after split is allowed otherwise hit. And in the same way to split 7s against dealer's 8. Does card composition make so much of a difference in double deck and if so how/reasoning? Would the computer not worry about player getting two 16s and losing against dealer's 17 or two 17's and dealer getting 18 rather than hitting in both situations as in 6 deck basic strategy instead? I have been searching the internet without success. Thank you for your help.


Perhaps I'm wrong. But my intuition:
66v7: Because your hand is composed of two 6's...it is now that much harder to get another 6, thus making 18, which should be a winning hand against a 7. In multi-deck, you have a much better chance at getting another 6, for 18, for a winning hand.
77v8: Same thing, another 7 gets you to 21, which is an awesome hand.
You could get dealt a T on both of your splits, which would suck. But you could also get dealt a 3-5 (4,5 for 66v7, or 3v4 for 77v8) which would mean you'd double down, since you'd have 10 or 11 vs 7 or 8.
Ultimately, I've come conclude: Trust the math & The math is right.
If you're able to simulate the situation, go ahead.
I've always wondered about certain hands, but as of yet, I have never found a fault in a proper strategy (ie: their math was wrong) from a recognized source. Although, it can be useful and nice to know the math behind it.
Some plays are borderline and really don't make a difference, while others have a significant difference. The stupid rarities, like splitting 99v7 or 99vA (at a true 2 or maybe 3?) or doubling 10vT or 10vA (true 4?) occur so infrequently and have such little value.....it doesn't matter what you do! Other hands, like insurance.....those have a big impact on your expected win/loss.
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Thank you RS. That helps a lot.
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Greasyjohn

My question relates to the Basic Strategy chart for double deck where it says to split 6s against dealer's 7 if double after split is allowed otherwise hit. And in the same way to split 7s against dealer's 8. Does card composition make so much of a difference in double deck and if so how/reasoning? Would the computer not worry about player getting two 16s and losing against dealer's 17 or two 17's and dealer getting 18 rather than hitting in both situations as in 6 deck basic strategy instead? I have been searching the internet without success. Thank you for your help.


To clarify, you would split in DD and SD. Rmemeber each 7 is .3 in count. This makes more difference in 2 or less decks than more decks. Same for 6,6. The TC is higher in SD & DD than 4-8 D; so when you split you're even more likely to double down.
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Nice. Thanks Greasyjohn for helping me see that. Regards.
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Dieter

my intuition:
66v7: Because your hand is composed of two 6's...it is now that much harder to get another 6, thus making 18, which should be a winning hand against a 7. In multi-deck, you have a much better chance at getting another 6, for 18, for a winning hand.


My intuition says otherwise.
You're looking to draw a (A, 2), 3, 4, or 5 and double. (A & 2 in parenthesis, because that's not really BS, but ... well, I see quite a few gambler types do it.) None of these draws are particularly helpful to the 12. The ability to double on a (9 or) 10 or 11 vs 7 makes it worthwhile to split.
If you do draw a 6, you resplit. (At this point, you've used at least 3/8ths of the 6's, and the second resplit is increasingly unlikely.)Double
Since the dealer is showing a 7, you're somewhat less likely to draw a 7 for 19 up front.
May the cards fall in your favor.

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Dieter. Thank you for the explanation. Very much appreciated.
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Greasyjohn
A little more information about 7,7. In SD you stand vs dealer 10 up. Part of the reason why is because drawing to a powerful hand by getting another 7 is lessened (only 2 more in the deck). In DD you stand when the TC is +4 in this same scenario. Same reasoning. So if 7,7 is weaker in 1 or 2 decks than it is in 6 or 8 decks you're more likely to split. Splitting 7,7 vs dealer 8 if DAS is a very close play. On the face of it you would think the deck is neutral. But remember that each 7 is + .3 so the count is +.6. Splitting 7,7 vs 8 if the TC is +1 or greater is a rough approximation. And it is BS when 7,7 vs 8 in SD & DD if DAS.
Wino
Interesting. Thanks again Greasyjohn.

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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.

Double Deck Blackjack Betting Strategy Tactics

  • 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 5 or 6, otherwise hit.

Ideally, the basic strategy shows the play which, on average, will result in the greatest win or the least loss per initial hand played. The way I usually go about this is to look at the initial 2-card hands only. Generally, this will result in the overall best play. However, soft 18 against a dealer ace when the dealer stands on soft 17 provides the only known exception that I am aware of for any number of decks. As my blackjack appendix 9 shows, a 2-card soft 18 vs A has an expected value of hitting of -0.100359, and of standing -0.100502. So with two cards it is very slightly better to hit. However, not all soft 18's are composed of two cards. The more the cards in the player's hand the more the odds favor standing. Simulations show that if forced to always hit or always stand, it is better to stand. I would like to thank Don Schlesinger for bringing this unusual play to my attention.


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