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Re: Blackjack for the ZX80 (mostly) completed

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On Fri, 4 Mar 2011 05:17:45 -0800 (PST) da kidz on comp.sys.sinclair were rappin'
to MC N.N. Thayer:

> Yeah, that's also a good point, why not use all 52 cards?

Probably because in a casino, you're dealing with more than one pack
:)

So you'd have to have an additional option to specify the number of
packs in play.  This could simply be a variable at the top of the code
the user can change if they desire.

> One other thing I discovered is that I can't just force the player to
> choose 11 or 1 when a card is dealt, because that's a hard commitment,
> and real blackjack lets you have a "soft" total where either 11 or 1
> applies until the total > 21 and then you stay with 1.  So I'll have
> to display both possible totals to the player

That sounds like a better solution, and probably easier to work with.

Chris


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Re: Blackjack for the ZX80 (mostly) completed "N.N. Thayer" <nnthayer1@gmail.com> - 2011-03-03 11:15 -0800
  Re: Blackjack for the ZX80 (mostly) completed rwap <rich@rwapservices.co.uk> - 2011-03-03 12:25 -0800
    Re: Blackjack for the ZX80 (mostly) completed "N.N. Thayer" <nnthayer1@gmail.com> - 2011-03-03 12:45 -0800
      Re: Blackjack for the ZX80 (mostly) completed greenaum@yahoo.co.uk (greenaum) - 2011-03-11 06:33 +0000
  Re: Blackjack for the ZX80 (mostly) completed "Chris Young" <chris.usenet@mail-filter.com> - 2011-03-03 20:58 +0100
    Re: Blackjack for the ZX80 (mostly) completed "N.N. Thayer" <nnthayer1@gmail.com> - 2011-03-03 13:34 -0800
    Re: Blackjack for the ZX80 (mostly) completed "N.N. Thayer" <nnthayer1@gmail.com> - 2011-03-03 13:36 -0800
    Re: Blackjack for the ZX80 (mostly) completed gus <gdeldago@gmail.com> - 2011-03-04 04:17 -0800
      Re: Blackjack for the ZX80 (mostly) completed "N.N. Thayer" <nnthayer1@gmail.com> - 2011-03-04 05:17 -0800
        Re: Blackjack for the ZX80 (mostly) completed gus <gdeldago@gmail.com> - 2011-03-04 06:02 -0800
        Re: Blackjack for the ZX80 (mostly) completed "Chris Young" <chris.usenet@mail-filter.com> - 2011-03-04 17:44 +0100
          Re: Blackjack for the ZX80 (mostly) completed gus <gdeldago@gmail.com> - 2011-03-09 08:05 -0800
        Re: Blackjack for the ZX80 (mostly) completed Linards Ticmanis <ticmanis@gmx.de> - 2011-03-07 19:59 +0100
          Re: Blackjack for the ZX80 (mostly) completed Leiradella <leiradella@bigfoot.com> - 2011-03-08 07:31 -0800

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