Hit hard 18 against a dealers ten.

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jersax

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In Casino Player magazine there is an article on pages 26 & 27 by Henry Tamburin. In his Tip of the Month he states that you should hit a hard 18 against a ten card. I have never heard this before playing BS.Is this correct?
 
kewljason

kewljason

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jersax said:
In Casino Player magazine there is an article on pages 26 & 27 by Henry Tamburin. In his Tip of the Month he states that you should hit a hard 18 against a ten card. I have never heard this before playing BS.Is this correct?
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Mr Tamburin is not very highly thought of by many on this site, but this seems a stretch for even him. :laugh: Any posibility that this was a misprint and meant to say soft 18 vs 10. I used to read his weekly tips in the Atlantic City weekly and they were usually basic strategy plays like hit 16 vs 10, hit 12 vs 2 and 3 and hit soft 18 vs 10. Plays that while BS, ploppies often don't make.
 
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BJLFS

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The only thing I have heard close to that is to hit a 17 vs. Ace when the count is -6 (?) or below. But what Tamburin I think is way off.
 
KenSmith

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From this article:
http://www.casinocenter.com/blackjack-strategy-plays/

Tamburin’s Tip of the Month How Would You Play This Hand?

Your initial two-card hand was a soft 13. You hit three more times and you’re relieved that you have an 18, so you instinctively stand. That’s a big mistake. Basic strategy for a soft 18 against a dealer 10 is to hit, regardless if your hand is composed of Ace-7, Ace-3-4, or even the above five-card hand. You must be disciplined and follow the basic strategy if you want to be a successful blackjack player.
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As the other reply noted, he's talking about soft 18, not hard 18. Big difference.
 
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BJLFS

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KenSmith said:
From this article:
http://www.casinocenter.com/blackjack-strategy-plays/

Tamburin’s Tip of the Month How Would You Play This Hand?

Your initial two-card hand was a soft 13. You hit three more times and you’re relieved that you have an 18, so you instinctively stand. That’s a big mistake. Basic strategy for a soft 18 against a dealer 10 is to hit, regardless if your hand is composed of Ace-7, Ace-3-4, or even the above five-card hand. You must be disciplined and follow the basic strategy if you want to be a successful blackjack player.
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As the other reply noted, he's talking about soft 18, not hard 18. Big difference.
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I thought so too.
 
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k_c

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KenSmith said:
From this article:
http://www.casinocenter.com/blackjack-strategy-plays/

Tamburin’s Tip of the Month How Would You Play This Hand?

Your initial two-card hand was a soft 13. You hit three more times and you’re relieved that you have an 18, so you instinctively stand. That’s a big mistake. Basic strategy for a soft 18 against a dealer 10 is to hit, regardless if your hand is composed of Ace-7, Ace-3-4, or even the above five-card hand. You must be disciplined and follow the basic strategy if you want to be a successful blackjack player.
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As the other reply noted, he's talking about soft 18, not hard 18. Big difference.
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It's better to stand if dealt from single deck. Any other number of decks it's best to hit.
 
Automatic Monkey

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k_c said:
It's better to stand if dealt from single deck. Any other number of decks it's best to hit.
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I was thinking that same thing! But this is a Tamburin column.

He should have had some identical cards out there to indicate it wasn't a SD game.
 
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21gunsalute

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Automatic Monkey said:
I was thinking that same thing! But this is a Tamburin column.

He should have had some identical cards out there to indicate it wasn't a SD game.
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Is the BS engine here inaccuarte? I tried every rule combo for single deck and they all said hit soft 18 against 9 or 10. A few diff combos said to stand against an Ace.
 
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BJLFS

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21gunsalute said:
Is the BS engine here inaccuarte? I tried every rule combo for single deck and they all said hit soft 18 against 9 or 10. A few diff combos said to stand against an Ace.
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According to one chart I have you hit a soft 18 against an Ace at TC +1; stand at 0.
 
KenSmith

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21gunsalute said:
That's according to the BS Engine on the column to the left.
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And the other posters here are not talking about basic strategy. They're talking about the specific hand composition in his example. In single deck, all those missing deuces make standing slightly better.
 
picasso

picasso

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Griffin says to hit A7 vs 9-10-A but to stand against an A if s17 in one or two decks. Either way, such mistakes will only cost you .03% penalty; not much.
 
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21gunsalute

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KenSmith said:
And the other posters here are not talking about basic strategy. They're talking about the specific hand composition in his example. In single deck, all those missing deuces make standing slightly better.
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And that makes sense for that particular hand. I thought they were just talking about soft 18 in general.
 
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