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- From: larry@labrador.fishkill.ibm.com (Larry Pieniazek)
- Subject: Re: TSN (The Sierra Network) BJ
- Sender: @watson.ibm.com
- Message-ID: <1993Jan21.213456.55960@watson.ibm.com>
- Date: Thu, 21 Jan 93 21:34:56 GMT
- Reply-To: lar@vnet.ibm.com
- References: <JACOBS.93Jan21120522@cells.cs.utah.edu> <vcj3m#_@rpi.edu> <1993Jan21.150610.54780@watson.ibm.com>
- Organization: IBM East Fishkill
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- In article <JACOBS.93Jan21120522@cells.cs.utah.edu>, jacobs@cs.utah.edu
- (Steven R Jacobs) writes:
- > In article <1993Jan21.150610.54780@watson.ibm.com>
- larry@labrador.fishkill.ibm.com (Larry Pieniazek) writes:
- >
-
- [ Deleted ]
-
- > > Dealer and you can only take 5 cards. If he does and you don't also,
- > > it's your hand against his. You win double on 5 card maxout.
- >
- > I assume you mean that if you end up with 5 cards totalling 21 or less
- > then you win double regardless of the dealer's total? This is probably
- > where most of the extra player edge is coming from.
- >
-
- Sorry if I wasn't clear. Assuming the dealer didn't have an "A showing"
- natural, (an "A hidden" natural won't be revealed till the end) if you get
- 5 cards without busting, you win every time no matter what they
- add up to. It even beats an "A hidden" natural of the dealers. And you
- win 2:1. I've never heard of this in a casino that didn't have some other
- really sucky rule so I'd tend to assume this is where the edge comes from.
-
- If the dealer draws 5 cards he is done. No more cards for him even
- if he is well below 17. Then it's you against him just as if he had
- come to rest above 17 without breaking.
-
- > > I'm not sure what surrender is, but I don't think it has it.
-
- If "surrender" is in the FAQ, point me at it, but if not, would
- love to learn what it is.
-
- [ Deleted ]
-
- > No need for extra skew, the player probably has a 1%+ edge at this
- > game just by using basic strategy.
- > --
-
- Would it pay to hit soft hands that you would normally stand on (say
- a soft 17 against the dealer's 5 showing) to try to get the 5 card max
- 2:1 bonus or is that not a good plan?
-
- > Steve Jacobs ({bellcore,hplabs,uunet}!utah-cs!jacobs, jacobs@cs.utah.edu)
- > "Don't worry, I just have these harmless pocket rockets...."
-
- -Lar
-
- ',',',',',',',',',',',',',',',',',',',',',',',',',',',',',',',',',','
- `,` Democrat: Give us your money. _We'll_ solve your problems. `,`
- `,` Republican: Give us your money. We'll ignore your problems. `,`
- `,` Libertarian: Keep your money. Solve your own problems. `,`
- ',',',',',',',',',',',',',',',',',',',',',',',',',',',',',',',',',','
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- Don't blame ME, I voted Libertarian!
-
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