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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
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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.
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