Mish-Mash: Blackjack Bots | Mod Topic

[Farren]

And that's it for generating hands for the rest of the week! I'll wait until Sunday to do any more, in case of appeals.

Any thoughts on which day we should post the double? I'll default to Friday but am not attached to it.

[StrangerCoug]

Not too hell-bent on any particular day myself.

I had an inkling that, after Minimalist Bot was eliminated, ND would be the next to go. Its flat-betting the minimum meant it was a risk-averse bot, so if a bot could maintain a decent profit (as Zen and more recently Siri have), ND was at a positional disadvantage. I don't feel like I should be surprised that ND went out in the middle of the pack.

[Farren]

It makes sense from a "the house always wins" perspective - but yeah, against a large enough field, it's not a winning-the-tournament strategy.

One thing I've learned - bots need to account for the game state when calculating their bets. Like, "If I'm about to be eliminated, bet big," or something to that effect. Of course, if that strategy is generally known, it could have some interesting WIFOM-like effects ...

[Farren]

Hand 21 is posted.

[Farren]

Hand 22 is posted. The stack amounts in the tables were messed up, but I caught it before I posted it.

[Farren]

Hand 23 is up. Will wait to update OP until after Hand 24, which I'll start working on right after breakfast.

[Farren]

Hand 24 is up.

Appeal timer expires in (expired on 2020-12-06 10:45:00).

[StrangerCoug]

I think there are enough cards left in the current shoe to last the rest of the tournament but I just grayed out the cards after the cut card.

[Farren]

Much obliged.

I received no appeals. Will finalize the results later today and start working on new hands.

[Farren]

Hand 25 - bets, initial draw.

Zen Count/Basic: TCount is at -5 and falling; bet $5,000.
Apple Siri: still betting the average, which is stuck at $5,000.

Initial draw:

Zen Count/Basic: 7S, 3S
Apple Siri: 5D, 4S

Dealer: KH, 7H

[Farren]

Hand 25 - the play.

Dealer blackjack check fails. Play goes on.

Zen/Count Basic has a 10 against a dealer 10. That's a HIT: 6C for 16. HIT: JH, 26, BUST.
Apple Siri has a 9 against a dealer 10. HIT: QH for 19. STAND.

Dealer reveals a 17 and STANDS. Apple Siri wins.

Results:
Zen Count/Basic loses $5,000; drops to $1,230,000.
Apple Siri gains $5,000; rises to $1,103,500.

[Farren]

Hand 25 - cards before the play:

Bot	Hand	Total	Bet	Stack
Zen Count/Basic		10	$5,000	$1,230,000
Apple Siri		9	$5,000	$1,093,500
Dealer		10

[Farren]

Hand 25 - cards after the play:

Bot	Hand	Total	Bet	Stack
Zen Count/Basic		26 OVER!	$5,000	$1,230,000
Apple Siri		19	$5,000	$1,093,500
Dealer		17

[Farren]

Zen Count:

77
3
6
TTT
5
4

Done.

[Farren]

Hand 26 - bets, initial draw:

Apple Siri: $5,000.
Zen Count/Basic: TCount is at -4.64. $5,000.

Initial draw:

Apple Siri: TC, 4D
Zen Count/Basic: 4H KH

Dealer: 7D KS

[Farren]

Hand 26 - play.

Apple Siri has a 14 against a dealer 7. HIT: KC, 24, BUST.
Zen Count/Basic also has a 14 against a dealer 7. HIT: 2S, 16. HIT: 6D, 22, BUST.

Dealer had a 17, so would have stood regardless, but with all players bust, the hand is done here.

Results:

Apple Siri loses $5,000; drops to $1,098,000.
Zen Count/Basic loses $5,000; drops to $1,225,000.

[Farren]

Hand 26 - cards before the play:

Bot	Hand	Total	Bet	Stack
Zen Count/Basic		14	$5,000	$1,225,000
Apple Siri		14	$5,000	$1,098,000
Dealer		7

[Farren]

Research indicates that it can vary if the hole card is shown on a dealer no-play; we'll go ahead and show it, unless you rule otherwise.

Hand 26 - cards after the play:

Bot	Hand	Total	Bet	Stack
Zen Count/Basic		22 OVER!	$5,000	$1,225,000
Apple Siri		24 OVER!	$5,000	$1,098,000
Dealer		17

[Farren]

Hand 26 - Zen Count:

44
TTTT
2
6
7

Done.

[Farren]

Hand 27 - bets, initial draw:

Zen Count/Basic: TCount is at -4.84. $5,000.
Apple Siri: $5,000.

Initial draw:

Zen Count/Basic: 7S, QC
Apple Siri: 4D, QD

Dealer: 3S, 2S

[Farren]

Hand 27 - play:

Zen Count/Basic has a 17 vs. a dealer 3. STAND.
Apple Siri has a 14 against a dealer 3. That's also a STAND.

Dealer reveals a 5. HIT: 4S, 9. HIT: KD, 19, STAND. Everyone loses.

Results:

Zen Count/Basic loses $5,000, dropping to $1,220,000.
Apple Siri loses $5,000, dropping to $1,093,500.

[Farren]

Hand 27 - cards before the play:

Bot	Hand	Total	Bet	Stack
Zen Count/Basic		17	$5,000	$1,220,000
Apple Siri		14	$5,000	$1,093,000
Dealer		3

[Farren]

Hand 27 - cards after the play:

Bot	Hand	Total	Bet	Stack
Zen Count/Basic		17	$5,000	$1,220,000
Apple Siri		14	$5,000	$1,093,000
Dealer		19

[Farren]

Hand 27 - Zen Count:

7
TTT
44
3
2

Done.

[Farren]

Good stopping point for now. I'll do the last three hands sometime later.