"Beat the Dealer" question

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21Menace

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I just bought "Beat the Dealer" and am finding some of the basic strategy is different from what I have learned. For example, the chart I learned says to Hit with an A, 2 hand against a dealer's 4. But the book says to double down.

The chart I have is 6deck, H17, DAS, No surrender, peek because I believe that one applies to most Las Vegas tables (let me know if I'm wrong). Is "Beat the Dealer" using different rules?
 
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bj bob

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daaaaveey said:
I just bought "Beat the Dealer" and am finding some of the basic strategy is different from what I have learned. For example, the chart I learned says to Hit with an A, 2 hand against a dealer's 4. But the book says to double down.

The chart I have is 6deck, H17, DAS, No surrender, peek because I believe that one applies to most Las Vegas tables (let me know if I'm wrong). Is "Beat the Dealer" using different rules?
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The chart you see in Thorp's book was written for the standard single deck S-17 of the day and has a rather different BS than the 6 deck game. Check the Basic Strategy Engine on this site and you can compare the two.
 
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shadroch

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The BS charts in Beat The Dealer were for a Single Deck game that the dealer stood on all 17s.
In addition, later work done on high speed computers also resulted in a few other changes to BS.
Games in Vegas run from SD H17, DOA to 8DS17 to SD 6-5 and just about anything inbetween.
 
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21Menace

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Thanks a lot guys. I knew something was different. What book do you recommend for basic strategy and learning to count?
 
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shadroch

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The "Blackjack Zone" is an excellant first book. I'd read that before Modern BJ as it will help you get into the proper mental frame of mind.
 
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