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

Thanks. I saw many problems: 1. When I changed the rules settings, the BS chart didn't adjust. It remained the same as for the default setting. 2. There were many mistakes in the BS. You need to either go online to the Basic Strategy Engine at blackjackinfo.com or look at the BS charts in...

Would like to help. Can't download it. Can you make it easier to download on a computer? Don

Take your question to blackjackinfo.com. Change your last sentence to: "What bankroll would be required to have 5% ROR if I flat bet $700 compared to spreading, say, $50 to $700?" Specify if you would be counting and if this is online or a land-based casino. Specify if split aces receive only...

All voodoo what you have written. It makes absolutely no difference whatsoever whether the dealer takes the hole card before or after. As long as it isn't European no-hole-card, where you lose all doubles and splits to a dealer natural, taking the hole card late doesn't change a thing. Just...

Were there other single-deck games available, or was that the only one? If you were planning to leave for a half hour, I'd have taken the chips with me. You probably gave them plenty of time to review your play while you were gone. Don

It's not N-O; it's N0 (N zero), and it's a number that tells you how many hands have to be played until the EV -SD equals 0. That is, the number of hands needed until the expected win overcomes a negative-one standard deviation. As such, it is the inverse of my metric of SCORE, which allows you...

Yes. CVCX and other CV products are the number one BJ software in the world. There is no number two! Don