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Aug 01, 2019 Card Counting in Blackjack. Without that basic knowledge, trying to count cards would be a futile exercise. An understanding of basic blackjack strategy helps you understand the game and the way the house edge works. Video on card counting. A six-deck shoe. In a standard 6 deck blackjack game each true count will move the house edge half a percent toward the player’s advantage. So a true 1 would basically erase the house edge and blackjack would be an even game. A true 2 puts the player advantage up to about half.

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Introduction

The following table shows the effect on the player's expected value by removing one of each given card from a six-deck shoe. These numbers were based on these rules: Double on any two cards, double after split allowed, split anything only once, and strategy adjustments for the changed deck composition.

Effect of Removal — Six-Deck Shoe

Card	Stand Soft 17	Hit Soft 17
2	0.069%	0.071%
3	0.082%	0.086%
4	0.110%	0.117%
5	0.141%	0.143%
6	0.079%	0.084%
7	0.041%	0.038%
8	-0.008%	-0.010%
9	-0.040%	-0.045%
10	-0.091%	-0.097%
Ace	-0.094%	-0.084%

The source for this table is the amazing Composition Dependent Combinatorial Analyzer at bjstrat.net.

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Basic strategy for shoe games (4 decks), S17

The table below illustrates basic strategy for shoe games with four decks. The dealer stands on Soft 17, doubling down is allowed on any 2 cards, double down after split is permitted (DAS) and there is no surrender. The dealer peeks. The casino has an estimated edge of 0.38%.

Player's hand	Dealer's up-card
Player's hand	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	T	Ace
Hard hand totals
5	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	H
6	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	H
7	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	H
8	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	H
9	H	D	D	D	D	H	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	H	S	S	S	H	H	H	H	H
13	S	S	S	S	S	H	H	H	H	H
14	S	S	S	S	S	H	H	H	H	H
15	S	S	S	S	S	H	H	H	H	H
16	S	S	S	S	S	H	H	H	H	H
17	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S
Soft hand totals
A-2	H	H	H	D	D	H	H	H	H	H
A-3	H	H	H	D	D	H	H	H	H	H
A-4	H	H	D	D	D	H	H	H	H	H
A-5	H	H	D	D	D	H	H	H	H	H
A-6	H	D	D	D	D	H	H	H	H	H
A-7	S	D/S	D/S	D/S	D/S	S	S	H	H	H
A-8	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S
A-9	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S
Pairs
2-2	SP/H	SP/H	SP	SP	SP	SP	H	H	H	H
3-3	SP/H	SP/H	SP	SP	SP	SP	H	H	H	H
4-4	H	H	H	SP/H	SP/H	H	H	H	H	H
5-5	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	H	H
6-6	SP/H	SP	SP	SP	SP	H	H	H	H	H
7-7	SP	SP	SP	SP	SP	SP	H	H	H	H
8-8	SP	SP	SP	SP	SP	SP	SP	SP	SP	SP
9-9	SP	SP	SP	SP	SP	S	SP	SP	S	S
10-10	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S
Ace-Ace	SP	SP	SP	SP	SP	SP	SP	SP	SP	SP

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H – Hit
S – Stand
D – Double down (Hit, if not allowed)
SP – Split
D/S – Double down (Stand, if not allowed)
SP/H – Split if Double Down After Split is allowed (Hit, if not allowed)

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Basic strategy for shoe games (4 decks), H17

Best Blackjack Strategy

The table below illustrates basic strategy for shoe games with four decks. The dealer hits Soft 17, doubling down is allowed on any 2 cards, double down after split is permitted (DAS) and there is no surrender. The dealer peeks. The casino has an estimated edge of 0.59%.

Player's hand	Dealer's up-card
Player's hand	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	T	Ace
Hard hand totals
5	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	H
6	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	H
7	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	H
8	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	H
9	H	D	D	D	D	H	H	H	H	H
10	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	H	H
11	D	D

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