From: "Eric I." Date: 2008-01-05T10:55:00+09:00 Subject: Re: Studying Blackjack (#151) Here are my results. I combined the 10 and the face cards in one row since they're essentially equivalent. And the data was generated by doing 10,000 deals per upcard. upcard bust 17 18 19 20 21 natural ------ ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- 2 | 35.95% 13.32% 13.17% 13.34% 12.44% 11.78% 0.00% 3 | 37.85% 13.41% 12.93% 11.69% 12.51% 11.61% 0.00% 4 | 40.14% 13.24% 11.86% 12.03% 11.48% 11.25% 0.00% 5 | 41.80% 12.82% 12.32% 11.41% 11.34% 10.31% 0.00% 6 | 41.76% 17.65% 10.59% 10.36% 10.04% 9.60% 0.00% 7 | 26.77% 36.23% 13.53% 8.29% 7.88% 7.30% 0.00% 8 | 24.96% 12.84% 35.69% 12.73% 7.04% 6.74% 0.00% 9 | 22.98% 12.27% 10.69% 35.47% 12.22% 6.37% 0.00% 10 | 21.61% 11.21% 11.68% 11.23% 32.97% 3.55% 7.75% ace | 11.60% 12.33% 13.03% 13.06% 13.43% 5.27% 31.28% I do wonder, though, whether the deck is biased somehow when the dealer deals him/herself since all the players are dealt beforehand. For example, it seems a player is more likely to consume a sequence of low cards through consecutive hits than a sequence of high cards. So depending on the number of players at the table, the cards the dealer is likely to get may change somewhat. And perhaps the dealer's odds change further the deeper into the shoe the table gets. Does anyone know? Eric ==== Are you interested in on-site Ruby training that uses well-designed, real-world, hands-on exercises? http://LearnRuby.com