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“Rule Variations” tab, leave all insurance options
unchecked. Under “Surrender Options,” tick “Late
Surrender” and “Surrender after double.” Under
“Split Options,” tick the selections that correspond
to your rules, leaving the last three unchecked
Under “Double Down options.” tick "Double down
‘on any no. of cards,” unless you are playing in
Malaysia or South Australia, If you are allowed to
redouble, click “ReDouble.” Under the “Unusual
Games” tab, under “Win/play variations,” tick
Player 21 always wins.” In North America, tick
‘Except Dealer BJ.” Under “Unusual Games,” tick
“Spanish 21.” Under the “Play Variations” tab,
under “Dealer card handling," tick “DD dealt face
up.” In North America, tick “Dealer peeks on 10”
and “Dealer pecks on Ace.” Under the “Bonuses”
tab, tick “Player BJ always wins.” Under the “True
Count” tab, under “True Count Resolution” and
“Last Deck Resolution,” click on “Exact” for both
Make sure that “Round” is selected for “TC
Division” and “Deck Est.”
Do not tick any of the bonuses since they were
preset for you when you ticked “Spanish 21” in
“Unusual Games.” (You can the view the Spanish
21 bonuses by selecting “Options,” then “Custom
Bonuses,” then “Spanish21 Bonuses.” Note that
these bonuses are in addition to the 1 to 1 payout
‘on a win, ie, the payout on a five-card twenty-one
is 3:2 = 1:1 + 1:2.) Under the “Environment” tab,
check “Display Error Rate.” Click “OK" to finish
‘The system is ready for you to play Spanish 21
‘Next we will set up ihe system for the practi
drills, First you will need t enter your basic
strategy chart line by line into the sysiem, which
gives you yet another opportunity to memorize
‘your chart, In the menu along the top, click on
“Tools,” then “CVDrills.” This will open the
Blackjack Testing Machine. Click on “Strategies”
at the top right, then “Define/Edit Strategy,” then
“Create a New Playing Strategy.” In the window
‘on the right-hand side, click on the “+ sign to the
left of “Michael Shackleford.” Undemeath, click
‘on “Spanish2I.” Enter the name of your strategy
into the text box on the left. You can call it
anything you wish, but make sure you include
‘Basic Strategy” in the name, ez, “Basic Strategy
Sydney Pontoon.” You may have spaces in the
ame. Click on “Init,” then “Advanced.” To the
right, under “Affecting Options,” you will see
several selections. If you play an HI7 game, with
or without redoubling, with or without a hole card,
tick the “Dealer hits soft 17” checkbox. If you play
the S17 game, you will not need to tick a box.
Go to the menu along the top of the window and
click on “Tables.” You will notice that there are
‘wo columns, one titled “Full Tables” and another
titled “Modification Tables.” Under “Full Tables,
there are two columns, one for “Stand soft 17” and
‘one for “Hit soft 17.” Choose either “Stand soft
17° or “Hit soft 17,” depending on your game.
Regardless of your rules, ignore the "Modification
Tables” column.
Click on each of the red squares in your column,
‘one by one. Each red square corresponds to a table
that you will need to amend. Compare a printout of
your basic strategy chart fo the chart given and
‘make all the necessary corrections. To do this, right,
click on the cell in question and choose the correct,
play from the options given. For conditional plays,
select “Special Conditions >," and choose the
conditional play that you require, Note that CVBJ
uses Michael Shackleford’s notation, which is
slightly different from mine, and is shown in Table
3.10, Pontoon players must ensure that every cell
fof the soft-double table is red for “no double
down” and every cell of the surrender table is
green for “play.”
Once you've completed all the tables, click
“OK” at the bottom, In the menu that runs along,
the top of the window, click on “Counts.” Fill in
the tables according to Tables 3.11 and 3.12. Above
the tables, you will see four radio buttons under the
heading “True Count Divisor:” Click the first
choice, which is the radio button to the left of “Full,
decks remaining.” This is done so the system will
be ready for you when you staet card counting
When the tables are complete, click “Exit,” which
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