The mathematicians realized early on this blackjack was different from other casino games. The hands concerned the player and the dealer were not independent but depended on the maps already treated. For example, in the unique blackjack of the bridge, if the player is distributed two three three, the chances of the dealer draw considerably. Contrast only to crack. In Craps if the shooter throws two six years that does not affect the probability of throwing two six six on the next roll. In Craps (or Roulette), the probability that an event occurring is independent of what has come before, but in the blackjack, each hand depends on what happened before – which cards have been played and which cards remain in the bridge.
Many professional blackjack players have tried to reduce and perhaps eliminate the advantage of home to blackjack but without success. The “Never Bust” system appreciated a lot of popularity. A player would only shoot eleven or less. Some always play this way, but it’s far from the optimal strategy and is not getting closer to minimize the advantage of the house.
In 1956, the first scientifically proven way to minimize the edge of the house was published by a group of statisticians led by Roger Baldwin. The 10-page document was titled the optimal blackjack strategy and became the first effort to apply mathematics, probabilities and statistics to the game. They proved that the edge of the house could be reduced with an appropriate room. Since they did not have access to a computer, they made three years of hand calculation using machines to add slide machines and rules. All professional blackjack players today use the Baldwin Basic Strategy developed. (See my article “Facilitated basic generic blackjack strategy” on this site for the details of the basic strategy.) The important thing about the basic strategy that this is the mathematically correct path to play (touch, Stay up, double or split) based on the dealer’s stopping card and not based on conjectures or hunches.
Professor Edward O. Thorp acknowledged that Baldwin focused on the cards showing and showing the idea that the game could also be based on the inyplaid cards. He published his book, beaten the dealer, in 1962 and promoted the system to ten accounts, which was introduced in the era of counting the card. The casinos panicked as they had considered hordes of the countertops of cards priming their casinos and moving away from a lot of money. They started mixing the bridge at random times and introduced multi-bridge games. Thorpe’s original system can not be used today because it was extremely difficult to master and was based on a single bridge blackjack game.
Professional Blackjack players realized that the counting ideas of the Thorpe card could be modified and not only eliminate any edge of the house but swing the chances in favor of the card counter. Led by Stanford Wong, Julian Braun, Ken Uston and many others, fought and developed new computerized counting methods and techniques to teach the basic strategy. Today, card meters can regularly routine land casinos with blackjack.
