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4. How To Memorize The Blackjack Basic Strategy
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• Jun 07, 2015  Many people can memorize this strategy using just 1 hour of study and practice. To get a printout or PDF file for this strategy chart, go to and click the.
• To use the basic strategy, look up your hand along the left vertical edge and the dealer's up card along the top. In both cases an A stands for ace. From top to bottom are the hard totals, soft totals, and splittable hands. There are two charts depending on whether the dealer hits or stands on soft 17. Other basic strategy rules.

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In the 1980's I programmed my T.I. calculator to do drill and practice for BJ basic strategy based on a chart I found in a book.

and T.I.'s have not changed one bit since

I made flash cards and am a big advocate of that method. Trainers are fine but the soft hands and splits don't happen often enough to test those situations properly. Maybe I should make a setting in the trainer to only do those hands.

I think that is a great idea, Wizard! You might also want to include double and surrender hands.I promised, so here goes. Read at your own risk (disclaimer ;-)
The array of boxes shown in WOO for Basic Strategies hurt my head. I had to find a way to remember. I learned a 'basic' many years before WOO, same concepts and 'almost' identical decisions.
I wrote down something in English, in paragraphs if you will.
3 paragraphs to be exact. Went something like: (Knowing that pairs and soft hands have their own paragraphs, and this example is for H17, no surrender etc)
Two cards up to 8 total, hit vs any Dealer upcard.
Two cards of 9 total, double vs 3 thru 6, hit 2 and 7 thru Ace.
Two cards of 10 total.....
Etc....
You can finish that paragraph, do the whole thing in your own words so you can remember it. It is a short paragraph.
Then tackle pairs:
2s or 3s, split vs 2-7 ( I actually said 2s, 3s split to seven, it needs to roll off the tongue ), hit 8 thru Ace.
4s hit 'cept 5 & 6 doubles.
5s.......
6s........
Etc. you need it in your own words.......
Then tackle soft hands:
A,2 A,3 double vs dealers 5 or 6, otherwise hit
A,4 A,5 double vs dealers 4, 5, 6...........
A6...
Treat 3 or more cards at a live table as a total just like 2 cards (OK I stand 3 card 16 ;-)
Just the most Basic of Basic....
Three short paragraphs, in words. There is symmetry in the order often, which makes it easier.
Not a bunch of boxes, just 3 paragraphs. You can recite them driving down the road, or with your head on your pillow as you go to sleep, or as you are walking into the casino. Once you know them, you can repeat them.
Paragraph about 2 card totals.
Paragraph about pairs.
Paragraph about soft hands.
None are long paragraphs.
If you sit down and deal yourself a couple hundred thousand hands from a six deck shoe, you will never have to repeat them again. You couldn't play it wrong if you wanted to, it's automatic - no thinking.

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I actually never wrote any of that down, I just taught myself in paragraphs. I then repeated them to myself.
That worked well for me, but then my mind works in mysterious ways, when it works at all ;-!
Then you can focus on 'other' things.

It is not a matter of memorizing the correct play.
You must be able to play without thinking and trying to memorizing anything. For instance if soft 18vs 9 comes up you must automatically know what is the correct play without thinking and trying to memorizing anything.
Just like a pilot in an aero plane if an emergency situation arises he must be able to execute the correct move without thinking anything. For that they have to undergo flight simulator training so every often.
It should be the same for your BJ play.
Here is where I get my flight simulator training for BJ.
(Not sure this is allowed here). Up to the moderator here.

' target='_blank'>https://www.blackjackinfo.com/blackjack-strategy-trainer/
Grey area for me. I'm going to leave it up because:
The version first found is free.
Reputable site known to many members.
Might be of use to some.
However;
Free version doesn't work on all devices, including my phone, so I can't fully check the link atm.
Free version is a teaser for an expensive pro version below it.
WoV is not endorsing or recommending either the free or paid version of this program, with me leaving the link available. It may yet be removed.

I've never played at a Blackjack Table because I absolutely hate playing any game where I do not know the optimal strategy while sleeping.
I'm not a very visual learner, and there's no way I can memorize a color coded chart of boxes.
I quickly threw together a 1 page strategy sheet that, to me, is far easier to memorize. Check it out here: https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B6TkUueCoFB0ZGdVdmRSckRDZXM
How did you get basic strategy down 200%? I am thinking about flashcards as well...

I have a photographic memory so for me just straight memorization. If you like colors, use color charts that appeal to you visually.I've never played at a BJ table either, but I promised my wife I would try a few rounds with her. This would be the first trip we've had together in over 10 years (been taking care of her mom who recently joined the Lord).
So take my comments with this in mind: I've no PLAYING experience.
So for the last couple of weeks I've been practicing the Wizard of Odds BJ Game & Trainer - up to a couple of hundred hands a day. I shuddered thinking of the 200+ cells to memorize in Basic Strategy, but came across the Wizard's Simple Strategy with only 21 cells to memorize.

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Then in the Wizard's website, Jeff Pepper made a strategy listing the exceptions, and also made a colorized card.
http://wizardofodds.com/blackjack/images/wizard-simple-exceptions.gif
This has only 18 cells to memorize - but don't forget, as other posters have stated, you can bring your card with you to the table. I have the Jeff Pepper card down pat, I would say. I make maybe 1 (careless) mistake every 80 hands or so (1.25% error, in case you are math-oriented). That is my signal to stop practicing, and might be a good indicator when I get to a table to stop or take a break after 80 deals - or if my buy-in is close to 0.
I don't have PLAYING experience to share with you (yet), but I'm happy to share my LEARNING experiences with you and how I was able to memorize the 18 cells in Jeff Pepper's strategy card.
If you don't want to memorize a strategy card or bring one with you, at least read through this forum, and capitalize on the experiences the others are happy to share with you!Flash Cards using 28 rules to memorize basic strategy
http://blackjackscience.com/productdetails.php?id=74

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Introduction

To use the basic strategy, look up your hand along the left vertical edge and the dealer's up card along the top. In both cases an A stands for ace. From top to bottom are the hard totals, soft totals, and splittable hands. There are two charts depending on whether the dealer hits or stands on soft 17.

Other basic strategy rules.

• Never take insurance or 'even money.'
• If there is no row for splitting (fives and tens), then look up your hand as a hard total (10 or 20).
• If you can't split because of a limit on re-splitting, then look up your hand as a hard total.

If you play a mixture of six-deck games, some where the dealer hits a soft 17, and some where he stands, and you only wish to memorize one strategy, I would recommend you memorize the one where the dealer stands on soft 17. The cost in errors due to playing the wrong strategy is 2.3 times higher playing a stand on soft 17 game, with the hit on 17 strategy, than vise versa.

Basic Strategy in Text

For the benefit of my blind readers, here is the above strategy in text form, when the dealer stands on soft 17 and surrender is allowed. To use the strategy, start at the top, and follow the first rule that applies.

Surrender

• Surrender hard 16 (but not a pair of 8s) vs. dealer 9, 10, or A, and hard 15 vs. dealer 10.

Split

• Always split aces and 8s.
• Never split 5s and 10s.
• Split 2s and 3s against a dealer 4-7, and against a 2 or 3 if DAS is allowed.
• Split 4s only if DAS is allowed and the dealer shows a 5 or 6.
• Split 6s against a dealer 3-6, and against a 2 if DAS is allowed.
• Split 7s against a dealer 2-7.
• Split 9s against a dealer 2-6 or 8-9.

Double

• Double hard 9 vs. dealer 3-6.
• Double hard 10 except against a dealer 10 or A.
• Double hard 11 except against a dealer A.
• Double soft 13 or 14 vs. dealer 5-6.
• Double soft 15 or 16 vs. dealer 4-6.
• Double soft 17 or 18 vs. dealer 3-6.

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Hit or Stand

• Always hit hard 11 or less.
• Stand on hard 12 against a dealer 4-6, otherwise hit.
• Stand on hard 13-16 against a dealer 2-6, otherwise hit.
• Always stand on hard 17 or more.
• Always hit soft 17 or less.
• Stand on soft 18 except hit against a dealer 9, 10, or A.
• Always stand on soft 19 or more.

As I've said many times, the above strategy will be fine under any set of rules. However, for you perfectionists out there, here are the modifications to make if the dealer hits a soft 17.

How To Memorize The Blackjack Basic Strategy

• Surrender 15, a pair of 8s, and 17 vs. dealer A.
• Double 11 vs. dealer A.
• Double soft 18 vs. dealer 2.
• Double soft 19 vs. dealer 6.

How To Memorize Blackjack Strategy Worksheets

My thanks to Kelly for putting together the above text strategy.