LostWages
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July 17th, 2016 at 11:33:45 AM permalink
Preparing for my first visit to Vegas to play 3:2 blackjack, I memorized the 21-cell Wizard's Simple BJ Strategy. This worked well for several days, until I started coming up with too many errors (on MY part), due to some exceptions.

Then I came across the Jeff Pepper's card of the Wizard's Simple BJ Strategy WITH the exceptions listed. I memorized this 18-cell card as well, and have been playing for almost a week now. I make a (careless) mistake once every 80 hands (1.25% error). I was happy until I came across this situation about 4 times now:

Using the Wizard's BJ Game & Trainer, I was dealt a soft 13 (A-2); the dealer's upcard was a 3. My choice was to hit the 3, but the "Advice" button in the game-trainer said to DOUBLE on the Dealer's 3.

The Wizard's card advice was to hit on dealer's upcard of 2-6.

The Jeff Pepper card w/exceptions advice was also to hit (but double on dealer's upcard of 5 or 6).

So, with a soft 13 (A-2) vs dealer's upcard of 3, what should I do? Did I miss any strategy card explanations?
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Ibeatyouraces
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July 17th, 2016 at 11:43:02 AM permalink
A, 2 is double 5 - 6 otherwise hit. This is for multi-deck games.

wizardofodds.com/games/blackjack/strategy/4-decks

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LostWages
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July 17th, 2016 at 11:52:28 AM permalink
Tks!

With a soft 13 (A-2) against the dealer's 3, my choice was also to hit. The game "filters" I set were for a 6-deck hand, no DAS, no Surrender, and Dealer stands on soft 17.

I wonder what other readers have to say about the Wizard's BJ Strategy card which ALSO says to hit, but in the Wizard's BJ Game & Trainer, the advice was do DOUBLE.
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July 17th, 2016 at 11:58:04 AM permalink
Quote: LostWages

Tks!

With a soft 13 (A-2) against the dealer's 3, my choice was also to hit. The game "filters" I set were for a 6-deck hand, no DAS, no Surrender, and Dealer stands on soft 17.

I wonder what other readers have to say about the Wizard's BJ Strategy card which ALSO says to hit, but in the Wizard's BJ Game & Trainer, the advice was do DOUBLE.


Possibly a bug. There has been a few of them in a couple of other games as well.

I'd suggest printing off BOTH the H17 and S17 charts and bring them with you.
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July 17th, 2016 at 12:11:42 PM permalink
Quote: Ibeatyouraces

wizardofodds.com/games/blackjack/strategy/4-decks

Why not make it a clickable link?

https://wizardofodds.com/games/blackjack/strategy/4-decks/
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July 17th, 2016 at 12:13:03 PM permalink
Quote: DJTeddyBear

Why not make it a clickable link?

https://wizardofodds.com/games/blackjack/strategy/4-decks/


For some reason, it ends up that way about half the time. That's why I added the picture.
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LostWages
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July 17th, 2016 at 12:36:35 PM permalink
Tks - I've printed out my strategy cards to bring with me, and reduced them to a 3x5 card I can slip in my pocket when my memory fails me.
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July 17th, 2016 at 12:40:12 PM permalink
If it's just this one bug I've encountered in the Wizard's Game & Trainer Advice, I can live with that. I just have to experience the transition from playing on an iPAD with the Wizard's BJ Game & Trainer to a live table with real people and a dealer that talks! Hope I don't get brain-freeze on my first outing.
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July 17th, 2016 at 1:31:29 PM permalink
It might help if you associate things with the numbers.
For example I'm a Yankee fan. Ace-3 becomes Martin Ruth.
Hit Martin Ruth except DiMaggio(56).
My friend uses the names of his favourite teachers in first thru eleventh grades.
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July 17th, 2016 at 1:50:04 PM permalink
Tks, Bill - I use some variations of words to "match" the 2 cards dealt to me: so a hard 17 becomes "Stan The Man Always Stands". Or "there is no doubling with splits (pairs) - just hits or splits"
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LostWages
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July 29th, 2016 at 3:39:19 PM permalink
Ibeatyouraces and others,

When playing the WOO's BJ Game & Trainer, the settings I use are: Dealer stands on Soft 17, No surrender, and no double after splits

At the bottom of the WOO's Simply Strategy card:

https://wizardofodds.com/games/blackjack/appendix/21/

there's a table titled "Incorrect Plays: Wizard Strategy vs Basic Strategy"

Would this be a good table to memorize in addition to the Strategy card?
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