black jack rules
black jack strategy
black jack terminology
The casino's advantage in black jack is about 5.75%. By employing the correct basic strategy you can reduce the casino's advantage to about 0.5%.
- Correct hitting and standing -3.25%
- Correct doubling -1.5%
- Correct pair splitting -0.5%
The casino's advantage is less than 0.5% if they offer very favorable rules. For example a casino that uses a single deck game with the dealer standing on soft 17 with doubling after pair splitting allowed can result in the player having a slight edge (about 0.1%).
There are strategies for hitting, doubling, splitting. These are covered in order.
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