A very long time ago (and I apologize if I have written about this before) a winning player explained to me that if you just play good blackjack hands then you are playing the right starting cards. If you think about it these are the hands:
All pairs (some are better than others and you must be able to fold them at the right times)
Hands that add up to 20 or of course 21. These are:
Any two face cards
Ace/face
Marginal blackjack hands are:
19, 18, 17 The combinations that make these are:
face/9
face/8; 9/9 (previously mentioned)
9/8
Only one double down hand is sometimes o.k.
6/5
I am becoming convinced that you cannot go too far wrong by playing "only" these hands, judiciously adding suited connectors and suited aces in the correct positions.
All pairs (some are better than others and you must be able to fold them at the right times)
Hands that add up to 20 or of course 21. These are:
Any two face cards
Ace/face
Marginal blackjack hands are:
19, 18, 17 The combinations that make these are:
face/9
face/8; 9/9 (previously mentioned)
9/8
Only one double down hand is sometimes o.k.
6/5
I am becoming convinced that you cannot go too far wrong by playing "only" these hands, judiciously adding suited connectors and suited aces in the correct positions.
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