The Ultimate Blackjack Book: Playing Blackjack With Multiple Decks

164 Pages·1995·9.492 MB·English

by  Edward Early

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Playing Blackjack with Multiple Decks
EDWARD EARLY
BARRICADE BOOKS / New York, N.Y.
Published by Barricade Books Inc.
150 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10011
Copyright © 1995 by Edward Early
All rights reserved.
No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system,
or transmitted in any form, by any means, including mechanical,
electronic, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior
written permission of the publisher, except by a reviewer who wishes
to quote brief passages in connection with a review written for
inclusion in a magazine, newspaper, or broadcast.
Printed in the United States of America
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Early, Edward
The ultimate blackjack book / by Edward Early,
p. cm.
ISBN 1-56980-024-3 : $12.00
1. Blackjack (Game) I. Title.
GV1295.B55E27 1994
795.4*2—dc20 94-25590
CIP
First printing
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction.,.11
I. Definitions.15
II. Rules of Play.23
III. Basic Strategy Decisions (In Logical Order) .... 27
IV. Casinos Advantage.31
V. Counting Cards.35
VI. Some Useful Facts.41
VII. Some Good Advice.45
VIII. Some Common Fallacies.49
IX. Reasoning Behind the Proper Decisions.55
X. Mathematics Behind the Proper Decisions.63
XI. Analysis of the Super Sevens Side Bet.71
APPENDIX A:
Analysis of the Under-Over Side Bet.75
1 DECK:
Effect of Adding One Card of Each Value.77
Effect of Adding Two Cards of Each Value.78
Effect of Adding Three Cards of Each Value.78
Effect of Adding Four Cards of Each Value. 79
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2 DECKS:
Effect of Adding One Card of Each Value.79
Effect of Adding Three Cards of Each Value.80
Effect of Adding Six Cards of Each Value . . :.80
3 DECKS:
Effect of Adding One Card of Each Value.81
Effect of Adding Two Cards of Each Value.81
Effect of Adding Eight Cards of Each Value.82
4 DECKS:
Effect of Adding One Card of Each Value.82
Effect of Adding Eleven Cards of Each Value.83
5 DECKS:
Effect of Adding One Card of Each Value.83
Effect of Adding Thirteen Cards of Each Value . . 84
6 DECKS:
Effect of Adding One Card of Each Value.84
Effect of Adding Sixteen Cards of Each Value.85
7 DECKS:
Effect of Removing One Card of Each Value.85
Effect of Adding One Card of Each Value.86
Effect of Adding Eighteen Cards of Each Value ... 86
8 DECKS:
Effect of Adding One Card of Each Value.87
Effect of Adding Twenty Cards of Each Value.87
Three Counting Methods for Under-Over:
1. Ace thru 5 = +1; 9,10 = -1. 88
2. Ace, 2 = +2; 9,10 .89
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3. Ace = +3; 10 = -1.89
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APPENDIX B:
Number of Distinct Dealer Hands, 17 thru Bust.91
APPENDIX C:
The Cost of Deviating from Basic Strategy.93
APPENDIX D:
Player Expectation With Certain Cards Removed .... 95
appendix E: Dealer Probability Tables.97
APPENDIX F: Multi-Action Blackjack.101
APPENDIX G: Some Personal Experiences.105
APPENDIX H: 10 Million Hands of Blackjack.119
BIBLIOGRAPHY.147
ABOUT THE AUTHOR.149