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Lesson 17: Test Yourself at the Basic Strategy Variations
By putting my classes up on the internet, I know I’m reaching a much larger audience than I ever had while teaching classes in person, but I do miss the ability to see how you all are doing in learning the material. In my ‘in-person’ classes, I always tested my students to gauge their progress and thus determine how effective my teaching methods are. We can’t do that here, but I want you to test yourself with the methods I’m going to show you, if for no reason other than the fact that it will build your confidence when you see how much you really know. Much like we did when learning proper basic strategy, you should first complete one copy of the test directly from the material I taught in order to give yourself an answer sheet to use when correcting subsequent tests.
This test just asks you to ‘fill in the blanks’ with the correct index number from -2 to +10. Print as many copies of this as you’d like.
Advanced Course Practice Matrix | ||||||||||
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Dealer Up Card | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | A |
Player Hand A,2 | H | H | __ | __ | __ | H | H | H | H | H |
Player Hand A,3 | H | H | __ | __ | D | H | H | H | H | H |
Player Hand A,4 | H | H | __ | D | D | H | H | H | H | H |
Player Hand A,5 | H | H | D | D | D | H | H | H | H | H |
Player Hand A,6 | H | D | D | D | D | H | H | H | H | H |
Player Hand A,7 | __ | D | D | D | D | S | S | H | H | __ |
Player Hand A,8 | S | S | __ | __ | __ | S | S | S | S | S |
Player Hand A,9 | S | S | S | __ | __ | S | S | S | S | S |
Player Hand 8 | H | H | H | __ | __ | H | H | H | H | H |
Player Hand 9 | __ | __ | D | D | D | __ | H | H | H | H |
Player Hand 10 | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | __ | H | H |
Player Hand 11 | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | __ |
Player Hand 12 | __ | __ | __ | __ | S | H | H | H | H | H |
Player Hand 13 | __ | S | S | S | S | H | H | H | H | H |
Player Hand 14 | S | S | S | S | S | H | H | H | H | __ |
Player Hand 15 | S | S | S | S | S | __ | __ | __ | __ | __ |
Player Hand 16 | S | S | S | S | S | __ | __ | __ | __ | __ |
Player Hand >=17 | S | S | S | S | S | S | S | S | S | S |
Player Hand 2,2 | P | P | P | P | P | P | H | H | H | H |
Player Hand 3,3 | __ | P | P | P | P | P | H | H | H | H |
Player Hand 4,4 | H | H | H | __ | __ | H | H | H | H | H |
Player Hand 5,5 | NEVER SPLIT; TREAT AS ’10’ | |||||||||
Player Hand 6,6 | __ | P | P | P | P | H | H | H | H | H |
Player Hand 7,7 | P | P | P | P | P | P | H | H | H | H |
Player Hand 8,8 | P | P | P | P | P | P | P | P | __ | P |
Player Hand 9,9 | P | P | P | P | P | __ | P | P | S | __ |
Player Hand 10,10 | S | S | S | S | S | S | S | S | S | S |
Player Hand A,A | P | P | P | P | P | P | P | P | P | P |
THIS MATRIX ASSUMES DOUBLE AFTER SPLIT IS PERMITTED AND ALSO ASSUMES THAT YOU DON’T CHOOSE TO SPLIT 10s.
Homework
Start on this and try to do one a day for the next two weeks.
See you here next time.
As always, if you have any questions, e-mail me at aceten1@mindspring.com and Ill get back to you ASAP.
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