Blackjack Game & Probability Computer is a program that computes total dependent expected values for the casino game of blackjack. The trial version is available to anyone for a period of 7 days. The program may be purchased at any time before or after the trial period expires. Once the trial expires, the program requires purchase for continued use. Upon purchase, user will receive an unlock code allowing unlimited use on one computer. You are free to redistribute the trial package to anyone at no charge.
Available Rules Variations
BJ Odds - Odds paid for a player blackjack S17 - If checked, dealer stands on soft 17; if unchecked, dealer hits soft 17 ENHC (European No Hole Card) - If checked (no peek) dealer does not check his/her hole card until after all players have played. In this case any splits and doubles the player makes are at risk of losing if dealer has blackjack. If unchecked (full peek) player can only lose his/her original bet to a dealer blackjack Doubling DOA - Doubling is allowed on any 2 cards H 10-11 - Restricted to hard totals of 10 or 11 H 9-11 - Restricted to hard totals of 9, 10, or 11 H Only - Restricted to hard totals only Splitting Max splits (Aces) - Maximum times a pair of aces can be split (<= 3) Max splits (2-10) - Maximum times a pair of rank (2-10) can be split (<= 3) DAS - If checked, doubling after splitting is allowed; if unchecked, doubling after splitting is not allowed HSA - If checked, as many cards as desired may be drawn to a split ace; if unchecked, a split ace receives one card Dbl After Sp A - Enabled only if DAS and HSA are both checked; if checked doubling after splitting aces is allowed; if unchecked doubling after splitting aces is not allowed Surrender (Player's first 2 cards only) ___________Versus 10 or Ace_____________ NS - No surrender is allowed LS - Allowed after dealer checks for blackjack ES - Allowed before dealer checks for blackjack ______________Versus 2-9_______________ If checked, surrender is allowed versus dealer up cards of rank 2-9; if unchecked surrender is not allowed versus up cards of rank 2-9 --- When player surrenders, he/she gives up 50% of the amount bet instead of playing out the hand to its conclusion ---
In compute mode the program could be used to track the expected values in an externally dealt game. In game mode the user can see the effectiveness of using any counting system to gauge playing decisions or betting amount for the random deal that is in progress on a hand by hand basis. The program will be useful to anyone who plays blackjack from beginning player to advanced player and any level in between.
Note #1: The screenshots below do not include expected values for insurance. Pre-deal insurance expected value (assuming perfect insurance decisions) has recently been added as well as post-deal insurance EV in random deal game mode.
Note #2: The screenshots below do not include a surrender button. The user interface in game mode has recently been changed to use a surrender button rather than a response to a message box.
Screenshot - pre-deal in compute mode Computes pre-deal overall expected values using full shoe total dependent basic strategy
Screenshot - post-deal in compute mode Computes player hand expected values using full shoe total dependent basic strategy as the default
Screenshot - pre-deal #1 in game mode Computes pre-deal overall expected values using full shoe total dependent basic strategy for the shoe state of the randomly dealt game in progress (optional)
Screenshot - post-deal #1 in game mode Player was randomly dealt a blackjack
Screenshot - pre-deal #2 in game mode Computes pre-deal overall expected values using full shoe total dependent basic strategy for the shoe state of the randomly dealt game in progress (optional)
Screenshot - post-deal #2 in game mode Automatically computes expected values for the player hand that is using full shoe total dependent basic strategy for the shoe state of the randomly dealt game in progress
Screenshot - hand is done in game mode User has the option to remove cards in play and compute pre-deal overall expected values using full shoe total dependent basic strategy or just simply deal a new random hand. User can vary his/her bet before the hand is dealt
The program requires a 32 bit Windows operating system. It was developed on a 475 Mhz AMD computer with 96 MB RAM and is usable on that computer. I wouldn't recommend running it on a system with less resources than that. It runs pretty efficiently on today's faster computers equipped with lots of RAM.
If you have Windows Vista you will need support for 32-bit Winhelp to view the program help files. If your Vista computer does not have this support installed, you can get it from Microsoft at the following link: WinHlp32 information and download
Download Instructions 1. Click the download link below to download Install_tdca.zip. 2. Extract Install_tdca.zip to its own folder. 3. Make sure you have administrative rights to install programs on your computer. 4. Click or double click Setup.exe to install the software on your computer. 5. After setup, the program will be accessible from the 'Programs' menu.
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