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Basics of Blackjack
•Premise of the game
–Hand close to 21 without going over
•Card Values
–Ace either 1 or 11
•“Soft” hand total when Ace is 11
–10, Jack, Queen, King equal 10
•Strategy Generator
The Ace must be counted as only 1 to avoid going over 21. A hand that contains an Ace is called a "soft" total if the Ace can be counted as either 1 or 11 without the total going over 21. For example (Ace, 6) is a soft 17. The hand (Ace,6,10) on the other hand is a "hard" 17, since now the Ace must be counted as only 1.