If a player's first two cards are an ace and a 'ten-card' (a picture card or 10), giving a count of 21 in two cards, this is a natural or 'blackjack.' If any player has a natural and the dealer does not, the dealer immediately pays that player one and a half times the amount of their bet. When comparing the algebraic results to hundreds of Wong's player 'total' and 'two-card' indices, including pair-splitting and double-down decisions, for both Wong's Hi-Lo and Halves counts (where p=44, and all values for both i and t were recalculated), where dealer both hits and stands on soft 17, the single-deck algebraic strategy is so similar to Wong's, it would take a computer simulation.
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Introduction
Common questions for novice players: What is single deck blackjack? Is it better to play single deck blackjack versus multi-deck variations? To use the basic strategy, look up your hand along the left vertical edge and the dealer's up card along the top. In both cases, an A stands for ace. From top to bottom are the hard totals, soft totals, and splittable hands. For specific tips, we present two charts depending on whether the dealer hits or stands on soft 17.
Other basic strategy rules:
- Never take insurance or 'even money.' The house edge on insurance is 5.9%, based on one deck.
- If there is no row for splitting (fives and tens), then look up your hand as a hard total (10 or 20).
- If you can't split because of a limit on re-splitting, then look up your hand as a hard total, except aces. In the extremely unlikely event you have a pair of aces you can't re-split and drawing to split aces is allowed, then double against a 5 or 6, otherwise hit.
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