Why Basic Blackjack Strategies Work

Using basic Blackjack strategies does not mean that you will win every hand, not even most of them. It simply means that the play you make will give you the best odds on average, compared to any other play you could make. Let's say you have 17 and the dealer shows a 6. Do you ask for a letter or do you stand? If you've played BJ, you know first that you should stand and that's what basic strategy says to do. But oops! the dealer turns a 10 and asks for a 4, to get 20. If if you had asked for a card you would have had 21. Does that mean that standing was a bad move and that the card should have been asked? No, it was…
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