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What's New
| May 1, 2004 | Updated 42.08%: More on the Ace in Hand ... by James Grosjean and Previn Mankodi. An update to their Winter 2003/04 BJF article on what to bet and how to play when you know that you have an Ace coming. | |
| March 13, 2004 | Updated Risk Formulas For Proportional Betting. by Bill C. and Marc Ingenoso. (.pdf file) An examination of what happens in terms of the risk of losing specified proportions of one's bank, when betting various Kelly fractions. | |
| Jan 11, 2003 | Blackjack Game and Basic Strategy Calculator (Version 5.0) by Eric Farmer. Update to two fine programs plus source code. One program enables a user to calculate the basic strategy for various rules. It also allows one to calculate the EV for specific player hands vs dealer up card. The other program allows one to play and simultaneously displays the EV for each of the play options. | |
| Aug 26, 2002 | Added link to Introduction to Probability by Charles M. Grinstead and J. Laurie Snell. | |
| Aug 23, 2002 | Added to the "Feature Articles" page: Breiman, L., " Optimal Gambling Systems For Favorable Games,"Jorzy Noyman, Proceedings of the Berkeley Symposium on Mathematical Statistics and Probability. Four Symposia. Copyright 1951-1956. Regents of the University of California, 1, 65-78, 1961. [pdf format; 1.4M] | |
| April 7, 2002 | Here is a link to www.robtougher.com. This site allows you to test your counting skills. Currently the HiLo and KO systems are provided, but more systems will be added over time. In addition, strategies for other casino games can be practiced. | |
| October 8, 2001 | Here is a Transcription of Dr. Griffin's FAX sent to Don Schlesinger after Dr. Griffin was notified of Steve Jacob's results indicating an error in the basic strategy table published in The Theory of Blackjack. | |
| September 19, 2001 | Added Blackjack Game and Basic Strategy Calculator (Version 4.1) by Eric Farmer. An update to two fine programs plus source code. One program enables a user to calculate the basic strategy for various rules. It also allows one to calculate the EV for specific player hands vs dealer up card. The other program allows one to play and simultaneously displays the EV for each of the play options. | |
| Apr 11, 2001 | Added Index Generator (Excel Spreadsheet, 1.5M) by Anonymous. Anonymous created a marvelous spreadsheet that uses Pete Moss' Algebraic Approximation algorithm to automatically calculate index numbers for unbalanced or balanced counting systems with or without side or secondary counts. | |
| Feb 5, 2001 | Added Cut Card Effect at a Crowded Table by MathProf. MathProf now provides cut card effect data when multiple players are playing at a table. | |
| Jan 16, 2001 | Added Cut Card Data at various penetrations by MathProf. MathProf provides some data which shows some of the effects the cut card has at various depths of penetration. | |
| What's New for the Year 2000 What's New for the Year 1999 |