3 or more card 16!?

hey guys....ive been practicing with CVBJ software and its advising stay on 16 (comprised of 3 or more cards) against face regardless of the count...does this "rule" have any place in an AP's world??!?!!

ps i went on my first trip to vegas.....stayed at the luxor and NYNY over spring break and didn't play a hand of BJ...what self control that took!!!

hey guys....ive been practicing with CVBJ software and its advising stay on 16 (comprised of 3 or more cards) against face regardless of the count...does this "rule" have any place in an AP's world??!?!!

You should stand on 16v10 if the HiLo count is 0 or higher regardless of how many cards your hand has (obviously surrender if you can). Perhaps you are confused with the non-counting strategy, which is to stand any 3 card 16 vs 10.

that answers my question then...i wonder why CVBJ is set up to advise that play!?! i know i can remove this and i will but it just cast a small amount of doubt on that play!

thanks rick

not a play for someone who is counting.

why would basic play be stand?

It is one less card left in the deck that can help make a hand.

Frenchman

"Lawrence Revere" dealt with this in the "fine points of basic strategy" section of his book, Playing Blackjack as a Business.

The key card here is the Six. The more Sixes you have in your hand, the fewer are available for the dealer to have under his ten-point up-card.

Thus, if you hold, say, a 7-3-3-2-A vs X, the proportion of Sixes available for the dealer to have down is increased significantly; and the call is so close this supply of Sixes is enough to warrant standing in hopes of a dealer break.

Conversely, if you hold something like 6-3-6-A, the proportion of Sixes is diminished enough to warrant hitting, as the probability of the dealer having a Six down is significantly diminished and his probability of having a pat hand is thus increased.

The Fours and Fives also have an effect in this situation, but much less than the effect of the Six; so that's the card to be mindful of.

oh yes i do love the software i wasn't saying anything was wrong with it....i just wanted to ask some people with more experience if my suspicions were correct before i set up CVBJ to ignore that rule!

thanks again guys i am much enlightened and very grateful!