Hit or Stand gameplay is based on Atlantic City and Las Vegas multiple deck casinos rules. Blackjack rules vary from casino to casino, which makes learning blackjack strategy more complicated. However, many correct moves are fundamental enough that they do not differ from casino to casino, and most large scale casinos have very similar rules - usually matching those in Vegas or A.C.. The strategy tables for Vegas and A.C. are displayed below. To find strategy tables for a particular casino, you can visit BlackJack Info, a site that can generate customized tables.
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As the dealer, the basic rules of blackjack still apply. Cards 2 through 10 are worth their face value. The jack, queen and king are worth 10 points each. The ace has a value of either 1 point or 11 points, depending on its usage in your hand. The advanced rules of blackjack, however, are a little bit different. To make an insurance bet, players must follow certain blackjack rules. The dealer must have an Ace as their upcard, otherwise no insurance bet can be made. If an Ace appears, the dealer will offer players the option to place an insurance bet. Players must decide whether to accept before the dealer checks the hole card, otherwise the offer expires. A pair of aces gives the blackjack player a starting hand value of either a 2 or a soft 12 which is a problematic starting hand in either case. Splitting aces gives a player two chances to hit 21. Splitting aces is so favorable to the player that most gambling establishments have rules limiting the. The dealer must hit if the value of the hand is lower than 17, otherwise the dealer will stand. Whether or not the dealer must hit on a soft 17 (a hand of 17 containing an ace being counted as 11) differs from casino to casino. There might even be blackjack tables with different rules within the same casino.
Basic Blackjack Rules:
- The goal of blackjack is to beat the dealer's hand without going over 21.
- Face cards are worth 10. Aces are worth 1 or 11, whichever makes a better hand.
- Each player starts with two cards, one of the dealer's cards is hidden until the end.
- To 'Hit' is to ask for another card. To 'Stand' is to hold your total and end your turn.
- If you go over 21 you bust, and the dealer wins regardless of the dealer's hand.
- If you are dealt 21 from the start (Ace & 10), you got a blackjack.
- Blackjack usually means you win 1.5 the amount of your bet. Depends on the casino.
- Dealer will hit until his/her cards total 17 or higher.
- Doubling is like a hit, only the bet is doubled and you only get one more card.
- Split can be done when you have two of the same card - the pair is split into two hands.
- Splitting also doubles the bet, because each new hand is worth the original bet.
- You can only double/split on the first move, or first move of a hand created by a split.
- You cannot play on two aces after they are split.
- You can double on a hand resulting from a split, tripling or quadrupling you bet.
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Below you will find the strategy tables for both Atlantic City and Las Vegas. These table are what the Hit or Stand games is based on. Hit or Stand accepts a correct move from either Vegas or A.C.(they differ only slightly). It needs to be noted that using the below tables will not cause you to make money - the odds are still against you. The only way to put the odds of Blackjack in you favor is to count cards which is a large topic of its own.
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People often ask how it is known that the strategy tables such as the ones above are correct. They are created and validated in two ways: The first method involves applying probability theory which uses extremely complicated mathematics. The second technique involves using computers to simulate thousands of blackjack deals that are played using different strategies to see which combination of moves give the best end results (the moves that cause one to lose money the slowest).
Would the dealer quit dealing cards at this point, because his/her hand total would be 4 + 11 + 2 + 1 = 18 (I am assuming this is a hard hand after the second Ace was counted as a 1.)
Or would the dealer ever just count both Aces as a value of 1, and keep hitting until 17 is reached or surpassed:
Example : 4,Ace,2,Ace,2,2,2,2,4
This probably sounds like a real rookie question, so I appreciate your help.
Aces always count as 1, unless counting it as 11 would make a dealer have 18-21.
It would be a soft 17.
Aces always count as 1, unless counting it as 11 would make a dealer have 18-21.
4-A-2-A would be 8 or 18 if it were the player. The dealer would stand on Soft-18.
If the dealer has a soft 18 or higher, he stands.
For example, A23A is a soft seventeen, so the dealer must hit.
If he were to draw another Ace for A23AA, he would stand because it's a soft eighteen.
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There was a thread started about a month ago with the very same title discussing the very same thing. Can they be consolidated to avoid confusion?Administrator
No, can't combine. Can split or move threads but can't append one to another.Administrator
Let's say the dealer has the following hand of Cards : 4,Ace,2,Ace
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That is a soft 18 and the dealer would stand, under any rules.
What I think you mean to use as an example is something like 3,A,2,A, which would be a soft 17 and if the 'dealer hits soft 17' then he would hit that.
That is a soft 18 and the dealer would stand, under any rules.
What I think you mean to use as an example is something like 3,A,2,A, which would be a soft 17 and if the 'dealer hits soft 17' then he would hit that.
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Actually, I think the OP's example was correct in terms of what he wanted to know. I am reading the question as, 'Does H17 mean that if the dealer hits a soft 17 and draws an Ace (or, presumably, a 2, 3, or 4), does the dealer stand, or does the number remain 'soft' and the dealer hits?'.
As already answered, the dealer always stands on soft 18, 19, 20, and 21, whether or not the dealer just hit a soft 17.Now there's a question: what advantage would the player receive if the dealer had to hit all soft hands resulting from a soft 17 (e.g. if the dealer has to hit Ace-6-4)?
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