Do you ever hit on 16 on blackjack?

If you hit the 16, you will win 25.23 percent of the time, bust out 69.31 percent of the time and push 5.46 percent of the time for a net loss of 44.08 percent of the time. By standing on the “hard 16” you will win 29.01 percent of the time and lose 70.99 percent of the time for a loss of 41.98 percent of the time.

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So, let’s get to the questions:

From George in Memphis, Tenn.:

Question: “When should I hit on my 15?”

Sam says: “Always hit a hard 15 when the dealer’s up-card is a 7 through an ace. If you stand on that 15, you will win 25.36 percent of the time and lose 74.64 percent of the time. That makes a net loss of 49.28 percent. Now, by hitting that 15, you will win 29.02 percent of the time and lose 66.46 percent of the time and push 4.52 percent of the time. All totaled up, you are 11.84 percent better off hitting the hard 15.

From Rufus in Little Rock:

Question: “What are the rules on hitting a “hard 16?”

Sam says: “This is a tricky play you have to watch out for or it can cost you a little money. To sum it up, never do it. Just sit there like a lump. The “hard 16” is the worst hand you can get, so as the saying goes. You work with what you got when facing the dealer’s up-card of 7 through an ace. If you hit the 16, you will win 25.23 percent of the time, bust out 69.31 percent of the time and push 5.46 percent of the time for a net loss of 44.08 percent of the time. By standing on the “hard 16” you will win 29.01 percent of the time and lose 70.99 percent of the time for a loss of 41.98 percent of the time.

You end up 2.10 percent better off by “standing”.

That’s the same as winning two more hands out of every 100 times you face that scenario. That’s better than the annual return on a CD, and you can do this hundreds of times a year.

How much did the jockey of Rich Strike win?

This is the most unbelievable day ever possible.” Rich Strike, who covered the mile and a quarter in 2 minutes 2.61 seconds, rewarded his believers with a whopping $163.60 on a $2 bet to win. It was the second-biggest upset in the race's history, behind only Donerail in 1913 who paid $184.90.

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But his horses were. Baffert’s Messier and Taiba were handed off to a former assistant, Tim Yakteen, so the ghost of the white-haired trainer hovered beneath the Twin Spires. The other contenders had blue-blood ownership and were conditioned by gold-plated trainers. Steve Asmussen, the winningest trainer in North America — 9,731 and counting — saddled Epicenter, and the four-time Eclipse Award champion trainer Chad Brown had high hopes for Zandon. For a dozen seconds or so in the deep stretch, it sure looked as if one of them was going to take down his first Derby victory. Their horses bounded down the lane together, two shadows trying to escape the sun. But Leon and Rich Strike were having none of it. Leon knew he had a horse who had a powerful motor and iron lungs. The colt’s owner, Rick Dawson, has been in the sport long enough, and with an abiding respect for it, that he vowed never to put one of his horses in a spot where he could be embarrassed.

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Do you ever hit on 16 on blackjack?

Can you throw 3 darts at once?

How to win multibet daily?

So, let’s get to the questions:

From George in Memphis, Tenn.:

Question: “When should I hit on my 15?”

From Rufus in Little Rock:

Question: “What are the rules on hitting a “hard 16?”

You end up 2.10 percent better off by “standing”.

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