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Hmm... suit does matter though. Any further advice anyone please?

Again, it depends on how you misplay. If half the time you're Doubling 20, that's going to be a huge disadvantage and knock HA well over 10. Splitting 20 is a moderate disadvantage. The chart will help you compare it all, then just multiply those odds by the percentage those situations come...

There are multiple ways to misplay though, and calculating all those options would take forever but the following information might help you on what it is you're doing - First, Appendix 1 of wizardofodds.com, I used this to find what i call "gray areas" in basic strategy, the spots where...

That payout would happen 4 times out of 13. 5 times (a,2,3,4,5) you need the dealer to bust to get paid or you've given the house twice as much money (30% of the time or so). I'd estimate the last (6,7,8,9)4 cards you can get would give the house a 65/35 advantage, since they're weighted...

Do you mean multiple card hands, or just 2 card hands? multiple card hands, this gives me a light at the end of the tunnel. Dealer wouldn't get a chance to hit or stay on soft 17 if there are only 2 cards involved in the dealer's hand. I've been dealing with soft 17s in the 3 card, 4 card, 5...

I've been working on this for a while and I was hoping for some verification that i'm on the right path: Given a 6 deck shoe, dealer hits soft 17, how many unique dealer hands are possible? AceSpades-7Diamonds is unique to AceSpade-7Clubs AceSpades-7Diamonds is NOT unique to...