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Old 10-16-2007, 11:11 AM
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Default Re: In a S17, H16 game

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Is this a blackjack question? There's no rhyme or reason to it. Just run the monte carlos and see which does better.

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It's blackjack, and it's a legitimate question...no Monte Carlo needed, as you'd only double down against a dealer 3 - 6. I do have a table of the EV of these decisions, but he wanted to know why, so I shared that with him.

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Edward O. Thorp solved this and other questions by monte carlo. Then he published the tables.

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Yes, I have the tables (Schlesinger redid them for all combinations). The OP wanted to know WHY one was better, not THAT one was better. There is rhyme or reason, so I was sharing that with him.
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