KOLAN said:
i got tomony books i
i now all statistik from books
i now all simulation show need hit
bet on practic when i stand i got more profit .
i whont you send my only yors 20 hands results
thanks
Here are the actual odds on multi-deck 15 vs. 9:
the play...........win........lose........tie.......net result
STAND............22.9%......77.1%......0%........-54.2%
HIT................23.2%......70.4%......6.4%.....-47.2%
If you want to get a relatively accurate picture of your real life chances with this hand, here's what you need to do.
First, shuffle 2 decks together so as to come very close to the 6 deck probabilities. Second, after giving the dealer a 9 and yourself a 10/5, stand with your 15 and play out the dealer's hand. Next, leave the 9 and the 15 on table and play out the next hand without shuffling the cards.
I repeat -- you do not need to shuffle the cards! It's a waste of time -- nothing more! Just run right through the deck until all the cards are gone. You need the outcomes of 300 hands to have a 90% chance that your random results will not overlap that of playing the hand the other way.
Finally, play out 300 more hands, this time hitting your 15 until you either bust or make 17 or better, and finishing out the dealer's hand. Of course if you bust, don't bother to finish out the dealer's hand.
Again, don't bother to shuffle after each hand! Just use up all the cards, then shuffle thoroughly and keep going.
After playing this hand 300 times each way, there's a 90% chance you'll have done better by hitting rather than standing. If by some quirk, your results show the opposite, you've hit a 10% shot, and need to run 300 more hands. Add the 600 together, and if still not convinced, run 300 more.
As painfully lengthy as this may sound, you need to do what's necessary to build faith and confidence in the basic strategy. The sample size of 300 was selected based on the difference between the "odds" for hitting vs. standing with this particular hand. Closer hands would require a larger sample size -- and more decisive hands wouldn't need as many.
Kolan, do yourself a favor. Run the test. See for yourself. I did it with several hands 34 years ago. They made me a believer where I was a doubter.