Recent content by DSchles

First, please don't purport to tell me what's complicated and what isn't. I understand a little about this! "Average game, with average rules, and a normal betting ramp [whatever that means]" will get you ridiculously wide estimates. You don't even supply the count, the number of indices you're...

Not possible to answer your question without rules and bet spread. Ask a specific question, not a general one. Don

No, it's worse EV, because it uses up more cards for the same EV. If you spread to two hands, in order to keep the same ROR as for one hand, you have to bet approximately 75% of the one-hand wager on each of the two hands. So, if you were to bet $400 on one hand, you ought to bet two hands of...

Sorry, one more problem. Just got 15 vs. T. There is no choice in the blue boxes below for surrender. So, you have to reprogram so that when surrender is chosen for the BS chart, you offer that as an option for all potential surrenders (not just the right ones!). Don

Better! New problem: I switched on late surrender. There is no choice for "first two cards only," as opposed to "any number of cards" (which is very rare and probably not worth programming). So, I had 2,8 vs. dealer's Ten. I hit and got a 6, for 16. So, I hit again (even though multi-card...

Just a brief word or two. The problem with all these calculations is that they're all based on continuous functions, and blackjack is a game of discrete wagers. You really can't apply the formulas rigorously. It isn't practical to resize your optimal wagers, according to Kelly, after every hour...

It doesn't have to be under 2%. But nor should it be "embarrassingly high." You can put LV Bear's suggestion into practice by finding a happy medium between the two. Don

Everything looked great except when I went to play a hand in practice. There were no choices below for the decision, just the cards on the screen. Don