I've read that you should stand on hard 16 vs. 10 in multiple deck games (except 8-deck) if the 16 contains at least one 4 or 5, and that you should stand on hard 16 vs. 10 in single deck games when the 16 is comprised of any 3 or more cards. But what about double deck??
The hitting and standing strategies for multi-card 16s are not that senistive to the number of decks.
Even in sngle deck, you should hit some 3-card 16s. Things like 6-6-4, for example.
This is from the brilliant thewizardofodds.com Web site, hosted by Michael Shackleford. For double-deck:
Basic Strategy Changes:
1.16 vs 10 = Stand
Exceptions:
1.16 (6+6+4) vs 10 = Hit
2.16 (7+6+3) vs 10 = Hit
3.16 (8+6+2) vs 10 = Hit
4.16 (9+6+A) vs 10 = Hit
5.16 (10+3+3) vs 10 = Hit
Don
I've included a link to his response regarding the topic.
that the rule of standing on hard 16 vs. 10 only when the hard 16 contains a 4 or a 5 would be better than standing on any 3 or more card hard 16 vs. 10. Obviously, the ideal would be to memorize the list of specific exceptions, but if you were going to simplify things by choosing between the 2 rules of thumb that I mentioned, which would be better? Thanks much for the advice.
I think the easiest thing is to focus on 6s. Notice that the hitting hands are the one that contained 6s. But we still stand on 5-5-6. So here is a rule:
Hit if the hand has more 6s than 5s.
I believe this rule is specified in Griffin.
Note that this rule will misplay the 10-3-3 listed above. So it is not perfect.
Now knowing the fine points of BS is not that important for a card-counter. You would only use it in very limited circumstances: when this was the first hand and you could not see any others players cards, as when you are playing head-on.
But knowing the role of the 6 is very useful to a counter. When many 6s have been played, you can hit even in higher counts.
