Blackjack Strategy Simulator

Table of contents

1. Ruleset
2. Simulation examples
   1. Basic Strategy
   2. Basic Strategy with card counting and custom insurance pattern

Ruleset:

• ENHC variation (European No Hole Card)
• S17 (Dealer Stands on Soft 17)
• DOA (Double on Anything)
• DAS (Double After Split)
• Split aces receive one card each, and cannot be resplit
• No Blackjack bonus after split
• Lose All to a Natural
• Surrender (A player cannot surrender against the dealer's ace)
• Blackjack pays 3:2
• Insurance pays 2:1

Simulation examples:

1. Basic Strategy

Simulation parameters:

• source: Basic Strategy based on Professional Blackjack by Stanford Wong
• decks: 6
• hands: 1 billion
• threads: 4
• time: 16min 10sec

Simulation results:

• Win: 38.3%
• Lose: 44.9%
• Push: 7.9%
• Surrender: 4.37%
• Blackjack: 4.52%
• Casino's edge: 0.2508%

2. Basic Strategy with card counting and custom insurance pattern

Simulation parameters:

• source: Basic Strategy based on Professional Blackjack by Stanford Wong
• decks: 6
• hands: 100 million
• threads: 4
• time: 1min 44sec

Simulation results:

• Win: 38.44%
• Lose: 44.87%
• Push: 8.02%
• Surrender: 4.14%
• Blackjack: 4.53%
• Players's edge: 0.1193%