Three Card 16
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EasyRhino
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Few different rules of thumb I've seen, all because the hit/stand decision on 16 vs 10 is so damn fine.
- If you get multicard 16 vs 10, stand instead of hit.
- If you get a 16 vs 10 that involves a 4 or 5, stand instead of hit.
- If you get a multicard 16 vs 10 and you see more 5s than 6s on the table, stand instead of hit.
As far as I know, these only apply vs a dealer 10.
Personally, I prefer surrendering.
- If you get multicard 16 vs 10, stand instead of hit.
- If you get a 16 vs 10 that involves a 4 or 5, stand instead of hit.
- If you get a multicard 16 vs 10 and you see more 5s than 6s on the table, stand instead of hit.
As far as I know, these only apply vs a dealer 10.
Personally, I prefer surrendering.
halcyon1234
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Is this single or multi deck?
It applies more to single deck. In multideck games this rule is not worth using.
If you're counting you dont use this rule at all.
ThunderWalk
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I located the following which might be of interest. I had nothing to do with it.
(Dead link: http://64.233.161.104/search?q=cache:En146eISVwgJ:www.usc.edu/CSSF/Current/Projects/J1211.pdf+3+card+16&hl=en&gl=us&ct=clnk&cd=1)
Objectives/Goals
The objective is to determine if it is reasonable in Blackjack to act differently with a 2-card 16 than with a 3-card 16 against a dealers 10. I think it is reasonable to say that the 3-card 16 has a higher chance of going bust.
Methods/Materials
I calculated the probabilities of drawing all possible cards for all possible combinations of 2-card 16s and 3-card 16s. I used Microsoft Excel to organize the probabilities and I used a standard 52-card deck to better understand the probabilities.
Results
The probability of going bust with a 3-card 16 against a dealers 10 is 61.43%. The probability of going bust with a 2-card 16 is only 59.18%.
Conclusions/Discussion
My conclusion is that it is reasonable to draw to a 2-card 16, but stick on a 3-card 16 against a dealers 10. This conclusion agrees with the single author who made a distinction between the two cases, and disagrees with all the authors who recommended drawing in all cases.
The probabilities of going bust in Blackjack with a 2-card 16 and a 3-card 16 against a dealers 10 were calculated and compared to see if it is reasonable to draw to a 2-card 16, but stick on a 3-card 16.
sagefr0g
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essentially true. in my case i sometimes lose the count but if i know the remaining pack is positive i'll continue play for a while and fall back on such lower priorities.
also i may use them when the true is zero.