Blackjack

[GURNFISH]

Hit every single time regardless of any count and I don't want to know what happened next.

[SKIPPYSKIP]

i would hit all day

[MPOWER]

Basic strategy regardless of any count says stand.

I think casinos were made to have the BS on tables to help people to lose slower


regards

JAG

[Heid]

You can take cards onto the tables in Vegas, that's why they sell em in the gift shops for a buck

Regardless of how you perceive it's usefulness, basic strategy, has it's place.

I generally take an idiot savant with me:)

[Indestructable]

Looks like the majority are backing me up as I took a card. I hate doing the wrong thing as it can mess the cards up for the rest of the table, but was convinced that taking a card was the right option. Of course I hit
 
A few hands later I had the same scenario again and took a card, again came a face card 

[Wardonkey]

You were correct to hit. You should only stand here if your counting and have a true count of 6 or more.

[MPOWER]

You were correct to hit. You should only stand here if your counting and have a true count of 6 or more.

This is true for some counts however there are very good counts which would say stay at +2 this all depends which count you use.

Then again since the introduction of Shuffling Machines were all doomed.

[TightEnd]

i stand all day here.

it works for me!

[MrMoves]

Without a count, I'm with tightend, I stand all day on this too.

[Heid]

Some of mere mortals can't count We have to use basic strategy!

[EvilSteve]

I'd stand everytime, you can hit and go bust if you get a 10 so why risk it. Especially with the dealer having a 2 (there more likely to go bust with a 2) .

That's a definite stand here. Read any BJ Strategy and they will tell u to stand. Why are people saying too hit? Makes no sense, more chance of hittin a 10 than anything else, if dealer was showing a 7/8/9/10/J/Q/K/A then you would hit but not when he's showing a 2. He's more likely to go bust with a low card in this situation! And who cares about the other people at the table, you're playing for yourself not a team effort.

[MPOWER]

EvilSteve

You are right Basic strategy is stand on 12v2 likewise it always says split 88v Dealer A at all times if you stick to
basic Strategy you will lose slower than just using gut feeling. if you are a good blackjack player you
will know what to do and when to do it opinion will not come into it. So more often than not you 
will be hitting 12 v 2 to become a winner at Blackjack.A similar % of the time would be staying on
16 v Dealer 10 (BS says alwaystake a card) it's just down to the maths   

[Wardonkey]

http://www.blackjackinfo.com/cgi-bin/bjbse.cgi

Basic strategy varies slightly according to the variation of blackjack that your playing.

It is however nearly always correct to hit 12 against a 10.

[Wardonkey]

Sorry, this is better

http://www.blackjackinfo.com/bjbse.php

[thetank]

The maths say hit.

The maths also say don't play blackjak.

I hate doing the wrong thing as it can mess the cards up for the rest of the table.

Never worry about this, taking the wrong card could also sort the table out. It's just that no-one will notice when this happens.


Heard a great blackjack story once. How's this for messing up a table?

In an Aberdeen casino £1 minimum/£100 maximum blackjack table on a Friday night 5 crazy gamblers of mostly asian origin and my pal were at the table. The 5 asains had large bets ranging from £50 to £100 on about 6 boxes. My pal was in the anchor seat and betting £1 every hand, trying to chat up the dealer in the process.

The dealer was showing a  , our hero in the anchor seat had  . With the big bets in the other boxes there was a barrage of splitting, double-downing etc and loads of chips went on the table. They all finished with 17 or 18 totals.

My pals turn with his 9 total. "Stick" he says "I'll let you have the picture"

"WHAT!" said the table "You can't do that"
"Is that even allowed?"
"You have to take a card on a 9" etc

"It's my £1, I can do what I like" says my pal. "I want the lovely lady here to get the picture"

A floorman is called over and rules that if the player who bet the £1 wants to stick on a nine then he can stick on nine. He does so, dealer draws a  to make 19 and the house wins all the bets.

All hell breaks loose. Every player leaves the table in disgust, apart from our hero who bets another £1 and continues his inane chatter to the young lady dealer, it doesn't last long as she has to be taken off the table in a giggle fit when the next two cards in the shoe turn out to be a  and an  .