Results

We can conclude that based on the analysis of 9,000 simulated hands of Blackjack; we have a 99.8% return through our decisions made – improved from 97% and of course, play it badly and you will lose more!

Now let us tidy up the outputs. Where we take more cards, we determine this as Hit or “H”, or take a card. Stick as “S”. Double Down as “D”. Split as “P”. Surrender as “U”. Soft as “O”. Hard is treated as normal. This is the next Table 13:

Table 13:
Decision Summary

Dealer Shows

HAND

TOTAL

NAME

CARDS

Pair 4

2,2

2,3

3,2

2,4

4,2

Pair 6

3,3

2,5

3,4

4,3

5,2

Pair 8

4,4

2,6

3,5

5,3

6,2

2,7

3,6

4,5

5,4

6,3

7,2

2,8

3,7

4,6

6,4

7,3

8,2

Pair 10

5,5

2,9

3,8

4,7

5,6

6,5

7,4

8,3

9,2

10,2

2,1

2,J

2,K

2,Q

3,9

4,8

5,7

7,5

8,4

9,3

J,2

K,2

Q,2

Pair 12

6,6

Ace,Ace

10,3

3,1

3,J

3,K

3,Q

4,9

5,8

6,7

7,6

8,5

9,4

J,3

K,3

Q,3

Soft 13

2,Ace

Ace,2

Pair 14

7,7

10,4

4,1

4,J

4,K

4,Q

5,9

6,8

8,6

9,5

J,4

K,4

Q,4

Soft 14

3,Ace

Ace,3

10,5

5,1

5,J

5,K

5,Q

6,9

7,8

8,7

9,6

J,5

K,5

Q,5

Soft 15

4,Ace

Ace,4

10,6

6,1

100

6,J

101

6,K

102

6,Q

103

7,9

104

9,7

105

J,6

106

K,6

107

Q,6

108

Pair 16

8,8

109

Soft 16

5,Ace

110

Ace,5

111

10,7

112

7,1

113

7,J

114

7,K

115

7,Q

116

8,9

117

9,8

118

J,7

119

K,7

120

Q,7

121

Soft 17

6,Ace

122

Ace,6

123

10,8

124

8,1

125

8,J

126

8,K

127

8,Q

128

J,8

129

K,8

130

Q,8

131

Soft 18

7,Ace

132

Ace,7

133

Pair 18

9,9

134

Soft 19

8,Ace

135

Ace,8

136

10,9

137

9,1

138

9,J

139

9,K

140

9,Q

141

J,9

142

K,9

143

Q,9

144

10,J

145

10,K

146

10,Q

147

J,10

148

J,K

149

J,Q

150

K,10

151

K,J

152

K,Q

153

Q,10

154

Q,J

155

Q,K

156

Pair 20

10,1

157

J,J

158

K,K

159

Q,Q

160

Soft 20

9,Ace

161

Ace,9

162

10,Ace

163

Ace,10

164

Ace,J

165

Ace,K

166

Ace,Q

167

J,Ace

168

K,Ace

169

Q,Ace

Now lets group this in to a memorable summary in Table 14.

Table 14 - Decision Summary - FINAL
HIT	Dealer Shows:
STICK	HARD	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	A
DOUBLE DOWN	4	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	H
SURRENDER	5	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	H
SPLIT	6	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	H
	7	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	U
	8	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	H
	9	D	D	D	D	D	D	H	H	H	H
	10	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	H	H
	11	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	H
	12	H	S	S	S	S	H	H	H	H	H
	13	S	S	S	S	S	H	H	H	H	U
	14	S	S	S	S	S	H	H	H	H	U
	15	S	S	S	S	S	H	H	U	U	U
	16	S	S	S	S	S	H	H	U	U	U
	17	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S
	18	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S
	19	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S
	20	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S
	21	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S

	Dealer Shows:
	SOFT	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	A
	12	H	S	S	S	S	H	H	H	H	H
	13	S	S	S	S	S	H	H	H	H	U
	14	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	H
	15	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	H
	16	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	H
	17	S	S	S	S	S	S	H	H	S	S
	18	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S
	19	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S
	20	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S
	21	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S

	Dealer Shows: (free download)
	SPLITS	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	A
	2,2	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	H
	3,3	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	H
	4,4	H	H	H	H	H	P	P	P	H	H
	5,5	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	H	H
	6,6	H	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P
	7,7	P	P	P	P	P	P	H	H	H	U
	8,8	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P
	9,9	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	P	S	S
	10,1	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S
	J,J	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S
	Q,Q	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S
	K,K	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S
	Ace,Ace	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P

The final table, compared to a variety of others, may appear to be slightly cautious but it maximises our strategy. Ultimately with a 99.8% return is what you will tend to over a long period of time. Going in and out of games, or altering stakes will vary this amount. Knowing when will always be the key.

Happy Gaming!