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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 |
| Dealer's Up Card |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
A |
| Player's Hand
A,2 |
H |
H |
__ |
__ |
__ |
H |
H |
H |
H |
H |
| Player's Hand
A,3 |
H |
H |
__ |
__ |
D |
H |
H |
H |
H |
H |
| Player's Hand A,4 |
H |
H |
__ |
D |
D |
H |
H |
H |
H |
H |
| Player's Hand A,5 |
H |
H |
H |
D |
D |
D |
H |
H |
H |
H |
Player's Hand A,6 |
H |
D |
D |
D |
D |
H |
H |
H |
H |
H |
| Player's Hand A,7 |
__ |
D |
D |
D |
D |
S |
S |
H |
H |
__ |
| Player's Hand A,8 |
S |
S |
__ |
__ |
__ |
S |
S |
S |
S |
S |
| Player's Hand A,9 |
S |
S |
S |
__ |
__ |
S |
S |
S |
S |
S |
| Player's Hand 8 |
H |
H |
H |
__ |
__ |
H |
H |
H |
H |
H |
| Player's Hand 9 |
__ |
__ |
D |
D |
D |
__ |
H |
H |
H |
H |
| Player's Hand 10 |
D |
D |
D |
D |
D |
D |
D |
__ |
H |
H |
| Player's Hand 11 |
D |
D |
D |
D |
D |
D |
D |
D |
D |
__ |
| Player's Hand 12 |
__ |
__ |
__ |
__ |
S |
H |
H |
H |
H |
H |
Player's Hand 13 |
__ |
S |
S |
S |
S |
H |
H |
H |
H |
H |
| Player's Hand 14 |
S |
S |
S |
S |
S |
H |
H |
H |
H |
__ |
| Player's Hand 15 |
S |
S |
S |
S |
S |
__ |
__ |
__ |
__ |
__ |
| Player's Hand 16 |
S |
S |
S |
S |
S |
__ |
__ |
__ |
__ |
__ |
| Player's Hand 17 or more |
S |
S |
S |
S |
S |
S |
S |
S |
S |
S |
| Player's Hand 2,2 |
P |
P |
P |
P |
P |
P |
H |
H |
H |
H |
| Player's Hand 3,3 |
__ |
P |
P |
P |
P |
P |
H |
H |
H |
H |
| Player's Hand 4,4 |
H |
H |
H |
__ |
__ |
H |
H |
H |
H |
H |
| Player's Hand 5,5 |
NEVER SPLIT; TREAT AS '10' |
| Player's Hand 6,6 |
__ |
P |
P |
P |
P |
H |
H |
H |
H |
H |
| Player's Hand 7,7 |
P |
P |
P |
P |
P |
P |
H |
H |
H |
H |
| Player's Hand 8,8 |
P |
P |
P |
P |
P |
P |
P |
P |
__ |
P |
| Player's Hand 9,9 |
P |
P |
P |
P |
P |
__ |
P |
P |
S |
__ |
| Player's Hand 10,10 |
S |
S |
S |
S |
S |
S |
S |
S |
S |
S |
| Player's 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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