Blackjack Strategy

Mid-20th century, appears in an American magazine for an article that first describes basic strategy for blackjack. This article, written by four men, shows that the right choices for the benefit of the bank relative to the player is only 0.6%. This is the game of blackjack the casino with the greatest chance of winning of the player relative to the bank. This strategy is based on the open card of the bank for each possible hand of the player identified the best choice: adapt, take another card, doubling or splitting. One hand of the player may consist of hard or soft totals. Both options have different choices to best effect.
Below is the strategy shown in both hard and soft totals. These tables list the first two cards of the player versus the first card of the bank.

Optimal blackjack strategy card game 1

A deck, S17, DAS, No Surrender, No Peek
Estimated casino edge for thesis rules: -0.04%
Dealer upcard
Your

Hand

 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 A
7 H H H H H H H H H H
8 H H H D D H H H H H
9 D D D D D H H H H H
10 D D D D D D D D H H
11 D D D D D D D D H H
12 H H S S S H H H H H
13 S S S S S H H H H H
14 S S S S S H H H H H
15 S S S S S H H H H H
16 S S S S S H H H H H
17 S S S S S S S S S S
A 2 H H D D D H H H H H
A, 3 H H D D D H H H H H
A 4 H H D D D H H H H H
A 5 H H D D D H H H H H
A, 6 D D D D D H H H H H
A 7 S DS DS DS DS S S H H S
A, 8 S S S S DS S S S S S
A 9 S S S S S S S S S S
2.2 P P P P P P H H H H
3.3 P P P P P P P H H H
4.4 H H P P P H H H H H
5.5 D D D D D D D D H H
6.6 P P P P P P H H H H
7.7 P P P P P P P H S H
8.8 P P P P P P P P H H
9.9 P P P P P S P P S S
T, T S S S S S S S S S S
A, A P P P P P P P P P H
DLR 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 A
Key:
H = Hit S = Stand P = Split
D = Double (hit if not allowed)
DS = Double (stand if not allowed)