Recent content by Angelo

I see a light. First - UNSHAKE - I was looking at loosing 60% of the time with looking at winning 40% and the NET EFFECT. Thanx for that perspective. It makes a world of difference. Second - Fred - You stated A dealer will break only 3% more often with a 7 up than with a playable 10 (26%...

Not that bright in math. OK - so maybe I'm not that bright in math. Let me break this up a little. First - If you hold a hard 16 and HIT - do you have a 8 out of 13 chance of busting (about 61.5%).

Personal Background: I'm almost 50 years old with descent knowledge of Math - however I've never taken statistics. I JUST started playing blackjack and looking at the Basic Strategy. I've found a few things in the basic strategy I don't agree with, but I thought I'd pick on this one...