Hard Doubles
Next comes the hard double decision. Should we double on the first two cards not including an ace. Double on green below. On red, or if you do not have a hand of 8 through 11, go to the hit/stand tables.
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*With H17, you would also double on 11vA in the above table. The penalty for not adding this decision is about .005% in a six-deck game.
In the below table, we add 11vA and 9v2 for double-deck.
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For single-deck, we also add 8v5 and 8v6.
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The penalty for using the multi-deck, S17 tables for a single-deck, H17 game is .034%. Playing decisions are substantially more important in single-deck games.
© 2009 Norman Wattenberger
