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Is it better to hit or stay on 16 in 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.

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What is a John slang?

john (plural johns) (slang) A prostitute's client. quotations ▼synonym ▲ Synonyms: see Thesaurus:prostitute's client. (slang, US) A device or place to urinate and defecate: now usually a toilet or lavatory, but also (dated) a chamber pot or outhouse.

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john English Wikipedia has an article on: Wikipedia

English [ edit ]

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Etymology [ edit ]

From the male given name John (q.v.), whose ubiquity led to extensive use of the name in generic contexts. Its use for toilets derive from John and Cousin John, which both probably relate to jacques and jakes, used in equivalent senses by the British and Irish.[1]

Pronunciation [ edit ]

Noun [ edit ]

john (plural johns)

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Translations [ edit ]

prostitute client Dutch: hoerenloper (nl) m , prostituant (nl) m

, French: micheton (fr) m , miché (fr) m

, German: Freier (de) m Hungarian: kuncsaft (hu)

Latin: scortātor m

Spanish: putero (es) m , gatero (es) m ( Arg., informal )

, Swedish: torsk (sv) c

outhouse privy Dutch: latrine (nl) f

Greek: αποχωρητήριο (el) n ( apochoritírio )

Hungarian: klotyó (hu) budi (hu) Portuguese: casinha (pt) f

Russian: ну́жник (ru) m ( núžnik ) , сорти́р (ru) m ( sortír ) , толчо́к (ru) m ( tolčók )

a male mule

References [ edit ]

Central Franconian [ edit ]

Alternative forms [ edit ]

giehn gohn ( Moselle Franconian )

jonn ( Kölsch )

Etymology [ edit ]

From Old High German gān, from Proto-Germanic *gāną.

Pronunciation [ edit ]

Verb [ edit ]

john (third-person singular present jeht, past tense jeng, past participle jejange)

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