The value of ACE in Black Jack

[Jeff Hinrichs]

"Alan Morgan" <amorgan at Xenon.Stanford.EDU> wrote in message
news:b2rl0n$qle$1 at Xenon.Stanford.EDU...
> In article <2bc4a.14614$le1.233 at news1.bredband.com>,
> Ole Jensen <ole_jensen at dbmail.dk.NO_SPAM> wrote:
> >In Black Jack the value of the ACE depends on the sum of your cards if
the
> >sum is lower than 21, the value of your ACE is 11
> >however if the sum of your cards increase to more than 21(if ace counts
for
> >11) then your ACE drops to the value of one.
>
> Excuse me?  The value of an Ace is either 1 or 11.  It is assumed to be
> 1 if making it 11 would take your total over 21, but otherwise it is
> your choice.  If you have an ace and a six then you have either 7 or
> 17.
Actually, an Ace is assumed to be 11 unless it would bust your hand.
Same result but simpler algo and user interface.  You just infer what the
player wanted instead of asking.

-jeff