Basic Strategy

[Zach Black]

I find it humorous when a casino hands out free BS charts for S17 games when they only offer H17 games.

[Aslan]

I find it humorous when a casino hands out free BS charts for S17 games when they only offer H17 games.

More humorous is the fact that many a pit critter doesn't know the difference. In fact, I've heard as much unintentional bad advice from pit critters as I have from ploppies. And don't get me started on dealers. Many dealers "perceive" that they know the game better than anyone because they have dealt thousands and thousands of hands. Some will proceed to tell you that you should never hit a hard sixteen against any dealer upcard, or that you should double down on an A/2 against a dealer 2 or 3, or that you should stand on an A/7 against a dealer 9 or 10, or that you should never hit a hard 12 against a dealer 3, or that you should either always hit a a hard 12 against a dealer 2 or you should never hit it, no matter so long as you are consistent. And, almost invariably, these hot shots will advise you to always take even money on your blackjack against a dealer Ace, reasoning that you can't beat a sure thing. It's shows that you can't learn blackjack by your "sense" of how it seems to go. I guess it also demonstrates that you tend to "see" what you want to see.