- Appendices
- 1: Total dependent expected return table for an infinite deck
- 2a: Probabilities of dealer blackjack after peek
- 2b: Probabilities of dealer blackjack before peek
- 3a: Exceptions to single-deck S17 basic strategy
- 3b: Exceptions to double-deck S17 basic strategy
- 3c: Exceptions to single-deck H17 basic strategy
- 4: Blackjack standard deviation details
- 5: Infinite deck expected return by player hand and dealer upcard
- 6: Fine points of when to surrender
- 7: Effect of card removal
- 8: Analysis of blackjack side bets
- 9: Composition-dependent expected returns for 1 to 8 decks
- 10: Continuous shuffling machine vs. cut card
- 11: Value and strategy for 678 and 777 bonuses
- 12: Risk of ruin statistics
- 13: Probabilities in the first four cards
- 14: Value of each initial player card
- 15: House edge using total-dependent vs. composition-dependent basic strategy
- 16: Basic strategy when dealer exposes both cards
- 17: The Ace-Five card counting method
- 18: Basic strategy exceptions for three to six cards
- 19: Blackjack splitting strategy when a back-player is betting
- 20: Blackjack doubling strategy when doubling after splitting aces is allowed
- 21: Details on the Wizard\’s Simple Strategy
- Miscellaneous
- External Links
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Basic Strategy for Panamanian Blackjack - Charts
Introduction
Panama City, Panama, has very consistent and liberal blackjack rules at all casinos, as follows:
- Six decks.
- Dealer hits soft 17.
- Dealer does not take a hole card.
- If player doubles or splits, and dealer gets a blackjack, then the player loses the original bet only.
- Early surrender allowed, except against an ace.
- Player may double on any first two cards.
- Player may double on three-card totals of 9 to 11.
- Player may double after a split.
- Player may split any pair, including aces, up to four hands.
The only rule that varies is most games use a continuous shuffler, but some are dealt from a shoe.
The following is the basic strategy for Panamanian blackjack rules.
![Panama basic strategy](/wizfiles/img/1375/panama_basic_strategy.png)
Under these rules and strategy I get a house edge of 0.12% with a continuous shuffler, and 0.14% in a shoe.
When I was in Panama City in February, 2011, two casinos were running blackjack promotions. The Veneto paid 2-1 on a blackjack in spades at certain times. The Fiesta had a six-card Charlie rule.
Here are some pictures of the larger casinos in Panama City.
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Written by: Michael Shackleford