Optimal Strategy for Casino Blackjack: A Markov Chain Approach
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By modeling the game of casino blackjack as a Markov chain, we derive the optimal strategy for the game without using simulations. We present a replicable algorithm for calculating this optimal strategy that can be easily modified to account for variations in casino rules. A player using this strategy will reduce the casino’s advantage to 0.498%, meaning that the player will lose an average of 50 cents for every $100 bet.
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تاریخ انتشار 2013