The cards, the cash, the cocktails. As a game, blackjack just looks cool in the casino. In movies from “Rain Man” to “21” to “Vegas Vacation,” Blackjack plays a major role and is one of those iconic ...

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My old blackjack-playing friend Bob has a son named Mike who is more or less a chip off the old block — so much so that he’s working on basic strategy for when to double down on soft hands. “The big ...

I was playing blackjack in Nevada, and the gentleman sitting at third base, all the way to the players’ left, had a basic strategy card in his shirt pocket. He didn’t use it on every hand, but every ...

You can only split a pair if you are dealt a pair. Suits don’t matter. You need cards of equal rank. The odds of being dealt a pair are 5.88%, roughly 1 in 17 hands. The number of decks in play makes ...